Hydrological impact assessment of climate change on water resources of the Niger River basin using a water balance model and ANNs

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 331, Issue , 2009, Pages 58-71

  Okpara, J N ^a   Perumal, M ^b  

^a NIGERIAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Nigeria)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

ANN; Climate change; Niger River; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ANN; ARID CLIMATES; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; AS-SOILS; CHANGE DETECTION; CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE VARIABLES; DATA LAYER; FOOD SECURITY; HUMID CLIMATES; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; LEAST VALUE; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NET RADIATION; NIGER; NIGERIANS; POTENTIAL EVAPORATION; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; RIVER BASINS; SIMULATION MODEL; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SUB-SAHARAN; SUBBASINS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; WATER BALANCE; WATER BALANCE MODELS; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY; WEST AFRICA;

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOOD SUPPLY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTATION; ARCVIEW; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOOD SECURITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SOIL WATER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER BUDGET; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

NIGER BASIN; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 78751675233     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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