Impacts of environmental change on water resources in the Mt. Kenya region

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 343, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 266-278

  Notter, Benedikt ^a   MacMillan, Lindsay ^a   Viviroli, Daniel ^a   Weingartner, Rolf ^a   Liniger, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Land use; Simulation; Tropical Africa; Water resources

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOOD CONTROL; RAIN; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

RIVER WATER ABSTRACTIONS; SEASON DISCHARGE; TROPICAL AFRICA;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOOD CONTROL; RAIN; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOW MODELING; LAND USE; MODEL VALIDATION; RAINFALL; RIVER WATER; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; MOUNT KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34548133151     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.06.022     Document Type: Article

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