Variable-source flood pulsing in a semi-arid transboundary watershed: The Chobe River, Botswana and Namibia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1883-1906

  Pricope, Narcisa G ^a  

^a SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Coarse and moderate satellite imagery; Flood pulse; Flooding regime; Semi arid savanna; Transboundary watershed

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLOOD PULSE; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SEMI ARID; SPATIO-TEMPORAL APPROACH; TRANS-BOUNDARY; TRANSFRONTIER CONSERVATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; NASA; RIVERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

FLOODS;

AVHRR; BASIN; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; MODIS; NOAA SATELLITE; PEAK DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SAVANNA; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLOODING; NAMIBIA; RIVER BASIN; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RIVER; STATISTICS; WATER FLOW; WEATHER;

BOTSWANA; CHOBE RIVER; NAMIBIA;

BOTSWANA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODS; NAMIBIA; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874422979     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2675-0     Document Type: Article

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