Representing Anthropogenic Processes in the National Water Model: A Persistence Approach to Reservoir Operations

Mehdi Rezaeianzadeh1, David Mattern2, Nels J Frazier3, Brian Cosgrove4, Trey Flowers5, Fernando Renzo Salas6, Laura Read7, Yuqiong Liu8, Wanru Wu9, Donald W Johnson10, Sadiq Khan11, Kevin Michael Sampson12, Matthew Casali7 and Graeme R Aggett13, (1)NOAA Affiliate, Lynker, NOAA/NWS Office of Water Prediction, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (2)NOAA Affiliate, Lynker Technologies, Office of Water Prediction, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (3)CyberData Technologies, Hendon, VA, United States, (4)NOAA/NWS/OHD, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (5)NOAA/NWS Office of Water Prediction, National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (6)UCAR/NOAA National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (7)University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (8)NOAA/NWS/OWP, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (9)NOAA/NWS/OHD-Hydrology Lab, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (10)NOAA Affiliate, CyberData Technologies, Office of Water Prediction, National Water Center, Analysis and Prediction Division, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (11)NOAA/NWS/NWC, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (12)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (13)Lynker Technologies, Boulder, CO, United States