Changing rainfall inputs in the Volta basin: Implications for water sharing in Ghana

GeoJournal

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 201-210

  Owusu, Kwadwo ^a   Waylen, Peter ^a   Qiu, Youliang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Declining rainfall; ENSO; Ghana; Shifting rainfall regime; Transboundary conflict; Volta basin; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CURING; DAMS; DRYING; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT;

ANNUAL RAINFALL; BURKINA FASO; BUSINESS MEDIA; CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS; DRY SEASONS; LAKE LEVELS; LOW FREQUENCY (LF); MANAGEMENT POLICIES; PRE-CONSTRUCTION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (SO); SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPRINGER (CO); WATER SHARING; WEST AFRICA;

DROUGHT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AFRICA; AKOSOMBO DAM; BURKINA FASO; GHANA; MALI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VOLTA BASIN; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 47649090046     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-008-9156-6     Document Type: Article

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