Characterization and disaggregation of daily rainfall in the Upper Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 399, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 226-234

  Engida, Agizew N ^a   Esteves, Michel ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Bartlett Lewis model; Disaggregation; Ethiopia; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

BLUE NILE; DAILY RAINFALL; DISAGGREGATION; DIURNAL RAINFALL; DRY SEASONS; EROSION PROCESS; ETHIOPIA; FLOOD HYDROGRAPHS; LEWIS MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; RAIN-INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINFALL DATA; RAINY SEASONS; RECTANGULAR PULSE; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; TIME STEP; WET SEASON;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DROUGHT; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

RAIN;

FLOODING; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER STATION;

ETHIOPIA; NILE BASIN;

EID: 79952003778     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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