Impact and uncertainties of climate change on the hydrology of the Mara River basin, Kenya/Tanzania

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 2973-2986

  Dessu, Shimelis Behailu ^a   Melesse, Assefa Mekonnen ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Downscaling; GCM; Mara River basin; SWAT; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DOWN-SCALING; GCM; RIVER BASINS; SWAT; UNCERTAINTY;

GREENHOUSE GASES; RAIN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DOWNSCALING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RAINFALL; RIVER BASIN; RIVER FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE;

MARA BASIN;

EID: 84883302723     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9434     Document Type: Article

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