Assessing the impact of climate variability and climate change on runoff in West Africa: The case of Senegal and Nakambe River basins

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-115

  Karambiri, H ^a   Garcia Galiano S G ^b   Giraldo, J D ^b   Yacouba, H ^a   Ibrahim, B ^a   Barbier, B ^a   Polcher, J ^c  

^a Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement   (Burkina Faso)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change and variability; Droughts; Impact studies; Regional climate model; Runoff; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; WATER RESOURCE;

SENEGAL RIVER; VOLTA RIVER;

EID: 79952026337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.317     Document Type: Article

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