<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The purpose of this article is analysing the variability of Buzau river monthly mean discharges, maximum and minimum over time and the impact of Siriu Dam on these discharges. Keeping a stable, moderate variability on the water flow has a significant importance, as this assures normality of life and functionality of the dams. On another hand, the dams are in-built with a range of parameters, decided according to this variability of the discharges. The used data has been collected from Nehoiu and Basca Roziliei hydrometric stations and spans on 55 years, from 1st January 1955 to 31st December 2010. Mid-period, on 30th September 1984, Siriu Dam started operating and the results reveal that its impact on the variability has been moderate on a large time scale. Important changes appear on smaller time scale, as months. The results are supported by graphs drawn in Excel and methods embedded by software.</p></abstract>

The purpose of this article is analysing the variability of Buzau river monthly mean discharges, maximum and minimum over time and the impact of Siriu Dam on these discharges. Keeping a stable, moderate variability on the water flow has a significant importance, as this assures normality of life and functionality of the dams. On another hand, the dams are in-built with a range of parameters, decided according to this variability of the discharges. The used data has been collected from Nehoiu and Basca Roziliei hydrometric stations and spans on 55 years, from 1st January 1955 to 31st December 2010. Mid-period, on 30th September 1984, Siriu Dam started operating and the results reveal that its impact on the variability has been moderate on a large time scale. Important changes appear on smaller time scale, as months. The results are supported by graphs drawn in Excel and methods embedded by software.

Analysis on Variability of Buzau River Monthly Discharges

Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest

Ovidius University Annals of Constanta - Series Civil Engineering

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The purpose of this article is analysing the variability of Buzau river monthly mean discharges, maximum and minimum over time and the impact of Siriu Dam on...

Analysis on Variability of Buzau River Monthly Discharges

Published Online: Feb 23, 2019

Page range: 51 - 56

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ouacsce-2018-0005

Keywords
Buzau River, monthly maxim, monthly minim, monthly mean discharges, standard deviation, Siriu Dam

© 2018 Cristina Amalia Mocanu-Vargancsik et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Analysis on Variability of Buzau River Monthly Discharges

Published Online: Feb 23, 2019

Page range: 51 - 56

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ouacsce-2018-0005

KeywordsBuzau River, monthly maxim, monthly minim, monthly mean discharges, standard deviation, Siriu Dam

© 2018 Cristina Amalia Mocanu-Vargancsik et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Buzau River, monthly maxim, monthly minim, monthly mean discharges, standard deviation, Siriu Dam