How changing rainfall regimes may affect the water balance: A modelling approach in West Africa

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 296, 2005, Pages 203-210

  Le Lay, Matthieu ^a   Galle, Sylvie ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b LTHE IRD   (Benin)

Author keywords

Rainfall runoff modelling; Scenarios; Water resources; West African monsoon

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE; RUNOFF; SOILS; WATER RESOURCES;

INTERANNUAL FLUCTUATIONS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SCENARIOS; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON;

RAIN;

CLIMATE VARIATION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; WATER BUDGET;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 17444422564     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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