Hydro-climatic trends in the Abay/Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 61-62, Issue , 2013, Pages 32-42

  Tekleab, S ^a,b,c,d   Mohamed, Y ^a,d,e   Uhlenbrook, S ^a,d  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e Hydraulic Research Center   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Abay Upper Blue Nile basin; Ethiopia; Hydro climatic trends; Mann Kendall; Pettitt test

Indexed keywords

BLUE NILE; ETHIOPIA; HYDRO-CLIMATIC TRENDS; MANN-KENDALL; PETTITT TEST;

CATCHMENTS; RUNOFF; TIME SERIES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

STREAM FLOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BLUE NILE BASIN; ETHIOPIA; LAKE TANA; NILE BASIN;

EID: 84879839110     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2013.04.017     Document Type: Article

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