On the feasibility of using a lake water balance model to infer rainfall: An example from Lake Victoria;De la possibilité d'utiliser un modèle de bilan en eau d'un lac pour estimer les précipitations: Un exemple du Lac Victoria

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-95

  Nicholson, S E ^a   Yin, X ^a   Ba, M B ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RAIN; WATERSHEDS;

CATCHMENTS; LAKE WATER BALANCE;

LAKES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; LAKE DYNAMICS; RAINFALL; WATER BUDGET;

AFRICA; LAKE VICTORIA;

EID: 0034032930     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626660009492307     Document Type: Article

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