Fig. 5: Abrupt shifts in reservoir operations are evident in CF when compared to CF simulated with water availability. | Nature Communications

Fig. 5: Abrupt shifts in reservoir operations are evident in CF when compared to CF simulated with water availability.

From: Hydropower capacity factors trending down in the United States

Fig. 5

a presents three cases in the state of New York. b presents three cases in the Southeast. c presents three cases in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. The lower time series on each graph gives the residual of the annual CF model (i.e., modeled CF minus observed CF), highlighting a clear point in time when modeled annual CF transitions from underpredicting to overpredicting observed annual CF.

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