Modelling daily precipitation features in the Volta Basin of West Africa

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 937-954

  Laux, Patrick ^a   Wagner, S ^a   Wagner, A ^a   Jacobeit, J ^b   Bardossy A ^c   Kunstmann, H ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural planning; Clayton copula; Drought analysis; Effective drought index (EDI); External drift kriging; Markov chain model; Onset of the rainy season; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PLANNING; CLAYTON COPULA; DROUGHT ANALYSIS; EFFECTIVE DROUGHT INDEX (EDI); EXTERNAL DRIFT KRIGING; MARKOV CHAIN MODEL; ONSET OF THE RAINY SEASON; WEST AFRICA;

AGRICULTURE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; WATER ANALYSIS;

DROUGHT;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DROUGHT; KRIGING; MARKOV CHAIN; MODELING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VOLTA BASIN; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 67649945958     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1852     Document Type: Conference Paper

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