Modelling the long-term impact of climate change on rainfall-runoff processes over a large Sudano-Sahelian catchment

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 333, Issue , 2009, Pages 59-68

  Ruelland, Denis ^a   Guinot, Vincent ^a   Levavasseur, Florent ^a   Cappelaere, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Catchment behaviour; Climate change; Hydrological modelling; HydroStrahler; River Bani; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION/VALIDATION; CLIMATIC CHANGES; DEEP WATER; GOODNESS OF FIT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROSTRAHLER; INFILTRATION PARAMETERS; MODEL EFFICIENCY; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF PROCESS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF RELATIONSHIP; SEMI-DISTRIBUTED MODEL; SIMULATION RESULT; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SUBSURFACE RUN-OFF; TIME STEP; VARIABLE PARAMETERS; WEST AFRICA;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEEP WATER; FLOODING; INFILTRATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RECHARGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BANI RIVER; MALI;

EID: 78751660823     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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