Impact of rainfall distribution on the parameterisation of a soil-moisture balance model of groundwater recharge in equatorial Africa

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 359, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 46-58

  Mileham, Lucinda ^a   Taylor, Richard ^a   Thompson, Julian ^a   Todd, Martin ^a   Tindimugaya, Callist ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Water Resources Management Directorate (WRMD)   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa; Distribution; Groundwater; Precipitation; Recharge

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH SCIENCES; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER;

AFRICA; CATCHMENT HYDROLOGY; DISTRIBUTION; EQUATORIAL AFRICA; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; GRIDDED PRECIPITATION; GROUNDWATER RECHARGING; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; HUMID TROPICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; PRECIPITATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTIONS; RECHARGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELLING; ROBUST CALIBRATION; SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EVAPORATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERPOLATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WARMING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 49449092769     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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