The impacts of climate variability and future climate change in the Nile Basin on water resources in Egypt

International Journal of Water Resources Development

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 277-296

  Conway, Declan ^a   Hulme, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DESERT RECLAMATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGIC MODEL; SUB BASINS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW OF WATER; LAND RECLAMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF; WATER RESOURCES;

RIVERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; MODELLING APPROACH; WATER RESOURCES;

EGYPT, NILE BASIN;

VICTORIA;

EID: 0030235891     PISSN: 07900627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07900629650178     Document Type: Article

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