Estimating the effects of climate change on groundwater recharge and baseflow in the upper Ssezibwa catchment, Uganda

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 713-726

  Nyenje, Philip M ^a,c   Batelaan, Okke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNESCO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Baseflow; Climate change; Downscaling; GCM; Groundwater recharge; WetSpa

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; DOWNSCALING; GCM; GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; WETSPA;

CATCHMENTS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDROGEOLOGY; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BASEFLOW; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; GEOSTATISTICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RECHARGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

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

EID: 70349528103     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.54.4.713     Document Type: Article

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