Climate change impact on SWAT simulated streamflow in western Kenya

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1823-1834

  Githui, Faith ^a   Gitau, Wilson ^c   Mutua, Francis ^b   Bauwens, Willy ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; General circulation models; Hydrology; Modelling; Runoff; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATIC CHANGES; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LAKE VICTORIA; LAND COVER; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MODELLING; POPULATION GROWTH; RAINFALL RUNOFF; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; STUDY AREAS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPORAL DATA;

CATCHMENTS; DISASTER PREVENTION; DROUGHT; RAIN; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; KENYA; LAKE VICTORIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70349873676     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1828     Document Type: Article

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