Dynamic hydrological modeling in Drylands with TRMM: Based rainfall

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6691-6716

  Tarnavsky, Elena ^a   Mulligan, Mark ^b   Ouessar, Mohamed ^c   Faye, Abdoulaye ^d   Black, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DES RÉGIONS ARIDES   (Tunisia)

^d Centre des Suivi Ecologique (CSE)   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Africa; Drylands; Rainfall; Runoff; Runoff harvesting; Soil moisture; Trmm

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; DRY LAND; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; SOIL MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION; TRMM; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CATCHMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; RAIN GAGES; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TESTING; WATER CONSERVATION;

RAIN;

EID: 84891462281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5126691     Document Type: Article

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