Estimation of freshwater availability in the West African sub-continent using the SWAT hydrologic model

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 352, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 30-49

  Schuol, Jürgen ^a   Abbaspour, Karim C ^a   Srinivasan, Raghavan ^b   Yang, Hong ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue water; dGen; Green water; Prediction uncertainty; SUFI 2

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BLUE WATER; GREEN WATER; PREDICTION UNCERTAINTY;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

HYDROLOGY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION; FRESHWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; RECHARGE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SOIL MOISTURE; SUSTAINABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNESCO; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 40649093494     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.12.025     Document Type: Article

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