Representation of rainfall in regional climate models and application to millet yield estimations in Senegal;Représentation de la pluie dans les modeles régionaux de climat et application à l'estimation des rendements du mil au Sénégal

Science et Changements Planetaires - Secheresse

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-23

  Salack, Seyni ^a,b   Sultan, Benjamin ^c   Oettli, Pascal ^d   Muller, Bertrand ^e,f   Gaye, Amadou T ^a   Hourdin, Fréderic ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^b Centre d'Etude Regional pour l'Amelioration de l'Adaptation a la Secheresse   (Senegal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e UMR AGAP   (France)

^f Centre du riz pour l'Afrique Senegal   (Senegal)

^g LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Crop model; Ensemble based simulation; Local impact; Regional climate model; Sahel; Senegal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873966915     PISSN: 11477806     EISSN: 17775922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/sec.2012.0332     Document Type: Article

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