The hydrology of lake Bosumtwi, a climate-sensitive lake in Ghana, West Africa

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 183, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 243-261

  Turner, Benjamin F ^a,b   Gardner, L R ^a   Sharp, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATERSHEDS;

LAKE LEVEL; STOCHASTIC CLIMATIC VARIATIONS; TERRACE DEPOSITS; WATER BALANCE MODEL;

LAKES;

CLIMATE VARIATION; EVAPORATION; LAKE HYDROLOGY; SALINITY; WATER BALANCE;

GHANA, LAKE BOSUMTWI;

EID: 0030222697     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1694(95)02982-6     Document Type: Article

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