Human and natural impacts on the water resources of the Lake Chad basin

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D4, 2001, Pages 3349-3356

  Coe, Michael T ^a   Foley, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE EFFECT; LAKE DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

AFRICA; LAKE CHAD;

EID: 0035080766     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900587     Document Type: Article

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