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res:
  bibo_abstract:
  - "Decades of research on the Mekong River basin have vastly expanded our knowledge
    of key hydrological and\r\necological processes, in part thanks to the development
    of modelling tools. However, few of these models are\r\nopenly available to the
    research community or adhere to FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable)\r\nprinciples,
    particularly in the domain of hydrology, in turn limiting transparency, reproducibility,
    and broader\r\nscientific engagement. Here, we address this gap and introduce
    VIC-Res Mekong, an open-source hydrologicalwater management model for the Mekong
    River basin. The model is implemented over a spatial domain\r\nof ∼630,000 km2
    and has a resolution of 0.0625 degrees. Water and energy budgets are simulated
    with\r\nthe Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) model, while streamflow routing
    is simulated with VIC-Res, which\r\nexplicitly accounts for the storage and release
    dynamics of reservoirs. This is of key importance for a basin\r\nlike the Mekong,
    where the active storage capacity of dams has increased from 20 km3 to nearly
    80 km3 in the past fifteen years. To this purpose, VIC-Res Mekong integrates information
    from a database containing reservoir storage time series (inferred from satellite
    images) for 129 dams that accounts for more than 90% of total storage capacity.
    These data support both hindcast simulations and the derivation of reservoir operating
    rules, enabling a flexible and realistic representation of dam operations that
    allows to characterize in detail dam-induced hydrological alterations.@eng"
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Hisham
      foaf_name: Eldardiry, Hisham
      foaf_surname: Eldardiry
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Shanti Shwarup
      foaf_name: Mahto, Shanti Shwarup
      foaf_surname: Mahto
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Simone
      foaf_name: Fatichi, Simone
      foaf_surname: Fatichi
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=cf8e546b-a9b0-11f0-a43b-aa89ed1b56d6
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Stefano
      foaf_name: Galelli, Stefano
      foaf_surname: Galelli
  bibo_doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106603
  bibo_volume: 193
  dct_date: 2025^xs_gYear
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1364-8152
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1873-6726
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: Elsevier@
  dct_subject:
  - VIC hydrologic model
  - Mekong river
  - Large-scale hydrology
  - Water resources management
  - Reservoir operations
  - Remote sensing
  dct_title: 'VIC-Res Mekong: An open-source hydrological-water management model for
    the Mekong River basin@'
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