Forecasting the spatial extent of the annual flood in the Okavango delta, Botswana

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 290, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 178-191

  Gumbricht, T ^a   Wolski, P ^b   Frost, P ^c   McCarthy, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^c Institute for Soil   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Flood area; Flood forecast; Okavango delta; Seasonal flood

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FLOODS; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WETLANDS;

STATISTICAL MODELS; WATER ABSTRACTION;

HYDROLOGY;

FLOOD FORECASTING; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; OKAVANGO DELTA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1842583674     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2003.11.010     Document Type: Article

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