Mapping changing shorelines in the Malombe and Chiuta lakes of Malawi-environmental effects of recent climatic variations

Catena

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 111-119

  Dulanya, Zuze ^a,c   Reed, Jane M ^b   Trauth, Martin H ^c  

^a Geography and Earth Science Department   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

ENSO IOD; Lake Chiuta; Lake Malombe; Lake area

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT; RAINFALL; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SHORELINE; WATER LEVEL;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE CHIUTA; LAKE MALOMBE; MALAWI;

EID: 84873188622     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.10.016     Document Type: Article

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