Evaluation and inter-comparison of Global Climate Models' performance over Katonga and Ruizi catchments in Lake Victoria basin

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 35, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 618-633

  Nyeko Ogiramoi, P ^a,c   Ngirane Katashaya, G ^b   Willems, P ^c,d   Ntegeka, V ^c  

^a Ministry of Water Lands and Environment   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Climate models; Consistency; Evaluation; Extremes; Quantile analysis; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

CONSISTENCY; EVALUATION; EXTREMES; QUANTILE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAKES; RAIN; RUNOFF; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GRAPHICAL METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WATER RESOURCE;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; NILE BASIN;

EID: 77957019163     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2010.07.037     Document Type: Article

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