Variable withdrawal elevations as a management tool to counter the effects of climate warming in Germany’s largest drinking water reservoir

Environmental Sciences Europe

Table 2 Summary of the model boundary conditions

Boundary condition	Frequency	Data source
Wind speed	Hourly	Station 1, Station 2, Station 3
Wind direction	Hourly	Station 1, Station 2, Station 3
Air temperature	Hourly	Station 1, Station 2, Station 3
Relative humidity	Hourly	Station 1, Station 2, Station 3
Shortwave radiation	Hourly	Station 1, Station 2, Station 3
Precipitation	Hourly	Station 2, Station 3
Cloud	Hourly	Station 3
Inflow discharge	Daily	Reservoir authority (Talsperrenbetrieb Sachsen-Anhalt)
Inflow temperature	Daily	Station 2
Outflow discharge	Daily	Reservoir authority (Talsperrenbetrieb Sachsen-Anhalt)

Station 1: Monitoring station in the central basin of the Rappbode Reservoir; Station 2: Monitoring station at the Rappbode auxiliary reservoir; Station 3: German Weather Service station at Harzgerode