Hydrological cycles over the Congo and Upper Blue Nile basins: Evaluation of general circulation model simulations and reanalysis products

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 8881-8894

  Siam, Mohamed S ^a   Demory, Marie Estelle ^b   Eltahir, Elfatih A B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrologic cycle; Hydrometeorology

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL SIMULATIONS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; HYDROLOGICAL VARIABLES; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES;

CLIMATE MODELS; FORECASTING; HYDROLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; SOIL WATER; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

BLUE NILE BASIN; CONGO; NILE BASIN;

EID: 84888044350     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00404.1     Document Type: Article

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