Indian Ocean climate event brings floods to East Africa's lakes and the Sudd Marsh

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1031-1034

  Birkett, Charon ^a   Murtugudde, Ragu ^b   Allan, Tony ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; RAIN; WETLANDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOODS; LAKES; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CATCHMENT AREA; EASTERN AFRICA; EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS; NATURAL SURFACE; RAINFALL EVENT; SATELLITE RADAR ALTIMETRY; STRONG CONVECTIONS;

LAKES; CLIMATE CHANGE;

EL NINO; INDIAN OCEAN; SUDD MARSH;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLOOD; FLOOD FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL INTENSITY;

AFRICA;

EID: 0033560472     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900165     Document Type: Article

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