摘要：Linkages between reservoir purpose, design, and operation have potentially important implications for water quality. Understanding these interactions provides an information base upon which to evaluate the water quality benefits associated with operational management alternatives. Since experiments involving changes to existing reservoir operation are difficult to implement, water quality models offer a reasonable experimental alternative. We compared selected physical, hydrologic, and operational characteristics of U. S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoirs and subsequently identified and characterized thirteen operational/morphometric groupings that may be useful in future modeling experiments.
