Stochastic rainfall modeling in West Africa: Parsimonious approaches for domestic rainwater harvesting assessment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 361, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 64-77

  Cowden, Joshua R ^a   Watkins Jr , David W ^b   Mihelcic, James R ^c  

^a MWH AMERICAS INC   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^c University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Rainwater harvesting; Stochastic rainfall models

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MECHANISMS; RAIN; REUSABILITY; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

AFRICA; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT PLANNING; EASE-OF-USE; ENHANCEMENT MECHANISM; FIRST ORDERS; LOW RATES; MARKOV MODELLING; MULTI MODELING; OCCURRENCE MODEL; POTENTIAL MECHANISMS; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RAINFALL MODELLING; RAINWATER HARVESTING; STOCHASTIC RAINFALL MODELS; STORAGE CAPACITIES; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST-AFRICA;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RAINWATER; STOCHASTICITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 52949153281     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.07.025     Document Type: Article

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