Future hydrology and climate in the River Nile basin: A review;Hydrologie et climat futurs dans le bassin du Nil: Une revue

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-211

  Di Baldassarre, Giuliano ^a   Elshamy, Mohamed ^b   Van Griensven, Ann ^a   Soliman, Eman ^c   Kigobe, Max ^d   Ndomba, Preksedis ^e   Mutemi, Joseph ^f   Mutua, Francis ^f   Moges, Semu ^g   Xuan, Yunqing ^a   Solomatine, Dimitri ^a,h   Uhlenbrook, Stefan ^a,h  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation Egypt   (Egypt)

^c Nile Basin Initiative Water Resources Management Project   (Egypt)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^g ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^h DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrology; River Nile; Water resources management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE MODELLING; CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE; DECISION MAKERS; DOWN-SCALING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL DATA; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; WATER; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

NILE BASIN;

EID: 79953268578     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2011.557378     Document Type: Article

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