Influence of observed and RCM-simulated precipitation on the water discharge over the Sirba basin, Burkina Faso/Niger

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 199-214

  Messager, Christophe ^a   Gallée, Hubert ^a   Brasseur, Olivier ^b   Cappelaere, Bernard ^c   Peugeot, Christophe ^c   Séguis, Luc ^c   Vauclin, Michel ^a   Ramel, Romain ^a   Grasseau, Gilles ^d   Léger, Laurent ^d   Girou, Denis ^d  

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

^b Cellule Interregionale Environnement   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d CNRS IDRIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; NIGER [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33744725890     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-006-0131-y     Document Type: Article

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