The water resource implications of changing climate in the Volta River Basin

IWMI Research Report

Volumn 146, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-33

  McCartney, Matthew ^a   Forkuor, Gerald ^b   Sood, Aditya ^c   Amisigo, Barnabas ^d   Hattermann, Fred ^e   Muthuwatta, Lal ^c  

^a International Water Management Institute IWMI   (Laos)

^b IWMI   (Ghana)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^d West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use   (Ghana)

^e POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 84875015876     PISSN: 10260862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5337/2012.219     Document Type: Article

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