Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations

Moderator(s)

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  Marta Zaniolo

  Assistant Professor
  Duke University, United States

Presentations:

• 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)

  Innovative Forecast-informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO) at Lake Mendocino Improve Water Management in California’s Russian River Basin
  

  Author: Michael Konieczki, PE, BC.WRE – HDR

  Co-Author: Patrick Sing, PE – USACE San Francisco District

  Co-Author: Nicholas Malasavage, PhD, PE – USACE San Francisco District
• 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)

  Advancing Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations via Neuro-Evolutionary Direct Policy Search
  

  Author (not presenting): Matteo Giuliani – Politecnico di Milano

  Co-Author (not attending): Davide Spinelli – Politecnico di Milano

  Co-Author: Marta Zaniolo – Duke University

  Co-Author: Andrea Castelletti – Politecnico di Milano
• 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)

  Formal Integration of Synthetic Ensemble Forecasts Into the Engineering Design of Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO): Lake Sonoma, CA Case Study
  

  Author: Zachary P. Brodeur – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Scott Steinschneider – Cornell University

  Co-Author (not attending): Christopher Delaney – Sonoma Water
• 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)

  Leveraging Model Predictive Control Methods and Ensemble Forecasts to Inform Reservoir Release Decision-Making
  

  Author: Kyla Semmendinger-Raney, PhD – Center For Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E)

  Co-Author: Mahdi Erfani – Scripps Institution of Oceanography

  Co-Author: Erfan Goharian (he/him/his) – University of California, San Diego
• 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)

  A Release Weight Optimization Approach for Managing Inflow Forecast Uncertainty in Reservoir Operations
  

  Author: Mahdi Erfani – Scripps Institution of Oceanography

  Co-Author: Kyla Semmendinger-Raney, PhD – Center For Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E)

  Co-Author: Erfan Goharian (he/him/his) – University of California, San Diego