Regional hydrological modelling in Benin (West Africa): Uncertainty issues versus scenarios of expected future environmental change

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 30, Issue 8-10, 2005, Pages 472-484

  Bormann, Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Regional hydrological model; Scenario analysis; Signal to noise ratio; Uncertainty analysis; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SOIL MECHANICS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; REGIONAL HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL QUALITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER FLUXES;

HYDROLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; BENIN [EDO]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EDO; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 27144456215     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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