On the causes of the shrinking of Lake Chad

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Gao, H ^a   Bohn, T J ^a   Podest, E ^b   McDonald, K C ^b,c   Lettenmaier, D P ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

climate variability; hydrological model; inter basin water transfer; irrigation; lake bathymetry; Lake Chad

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053518647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/6/3/034021     Document Type: Article

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