Contrasted land-surface processes along the West African rainfall gradient

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-37

  Seguis L ^a   Boulain, N ^a,b   Cappelaere, B ^a   Cohard, J M ^a   Favreau, G ^a   Galle, S ^a   Guyot, A ^a   Hiernaux, P ^c   Mougin, E ^c   Peugeot, C ^a   Ramier, D ^a,d   Seghieri, J ^a   Timouk, F ^e   Demarez, V ^e   Demarty, J ^a   Descroix, L ^a   Descloitres, M ^a   Grippa, M ^c   Guichard, F ^f   Kamagate B ^g   Kergoat, L ^c   Lebel, T ^a   Le Dantec, V ^e   Le Lay, M ^h   Massuel, S ⁱ   Trichon, V ^j   more..

^a UTS ^*

^b UTS   (Australia)

^c Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^d LRPC de l'Ouest Parisien   (France)

^e CNES   (France)

^f CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^g UAA   (France)

^h EDF R AND D   (France)

ⁱ UMR G EAU   (France)

^j Institut National Polytechnique   (France)

more..

Author keywords

Energy fluxes; Groundwater; Runoff; Sahel; Sudanian climate; Water resources

Indexed keywords

INFILTRATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOIL WATER; STREAMFLOW; WATER AVAILABILITY;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 79952033772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.327     Document Type: Review

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