Hydroclimatology of the Volta River Basin in West Africa: Trends and variability from 1901 to 2002

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 31, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 1180-1188

  Oguntunde, Philip G ^a   Friesen, Jan ^a,b   van de Giesen, Nick ^a   Savenije, Hubert H G ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aridity index; Evaporation ratio; Hydroclimatology; Trends; Volta basin

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ESTIMATION; HYDROLOGY; RAIN; RUNOFF; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ARIDITY INDEX; EVAPORATION RATIO; HYDROCLIMATOLOGY; TRENDS; VOLTA BASIN;

RIVERS;

ARIDITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; RAINFALL; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; TREND ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VOLTA BASIN; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33751539888     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2006.02.062     Document Type: Article

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