Climatic effects on lake basins. Part I: Modeling tropical lake levels

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2983-2999

  Ricko, Martina ^a   Carton, James A ^a   Birkett, Charon ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Lake effects; Rainfall; Remote sensing; Seasonal forecasting; Tropical variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC EFFECTS; CLIMATIC VARIATION; DATA SETS; DELAY TIME; EMPIRICAL PARAMETERS; FRESHWATER FLUXES; HINDCASTS; HYDROLOGIC PROPERTIES; LAKE AREAS; LAKE LEVELS; LAKE SAND RESERVOIRS; NATURAL HAZARD; REANALYSIS; REMOTELY-SENSED OBSERVATIONS; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SEASONAL FORECASTS; STORAGE VOLUMES; TROPICAL LAKES; TROPICAL VARIABILITY; TWO-PARAMETER MODELS;

CATCHMENTS; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; LAKES; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPICS; WATER LEVELS; WATER RESOURCES;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

BASIN; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; HINDCASTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAKE LEVEL; REMOTE SENSING; RESERVOIR; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WATER STORAGE;

ETHIOPIA; LAKE TANA;

EID: 79959353468     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3602.1     Document Type: Article

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