Impact of climate change on streamflow in selected river basins in Ghana;Impact du changement climatique sur les débits de plusieurs bassins au Ghana

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 773-788

  Kankam Yeboah, Kwabena ^a   Obuobie, Emmanuel ^a   Amisigo, Barnabas ^a   Opoku Ankomah, Yaw ^a  

^a CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

climate change; Ghana; hydrological modelling; LARS WG; Pra basin; SWAT; White Volta basin

Indexed keywords

GHANA; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; LARS-WG; PRA BASIN; SWAT; VOLTA BASIN;

STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER BASIN; STREAMFLOW;

GHANA; PRA BASIN; VOLTA BASIN;

EID: 84877578447     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2013.782101     Document Type: Article

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