The Niger River Niamey flood of 2012: The paroxysm of the Sahelian paradox?;La crue de 2012 à Niamey: Un paroxysme du paradoxe du Sahel?

Science et Changements Planetaires - Secheresse

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-13

  Sighomnou, Daniel ^a   Descroix, Luc ^a   Genthon, Pierre ^a   Mahé, Gil ^a   Moussa, Ibrahim Bouzou ^a   Gautier, Emmanuèle ^a   Mamadou, Ibrahim ^a   Vandervaere, Jean Pierre ^a   Bachir, Tanimoun ^a   Coulibaly, Bréhima ^a   Rajot, Jean Louis ^a   Issa, Oumarou Malam ^a   Abdou, Moussa Malam ^a   Dessay, Nadine ^a   Delaitre, Eric ^a   Maiga, Oumarou Faran ^a   Diedhiou, Arona ^a   Panthou, Gérémy ^a   Vischel, Théo ^a   Yacouba, Hamma ^a   Karambiri, Harouna ^a   Paturel, Jean Emmanuel ^a   Diello, Pierre ^a   Mougin, Eric ^a   Kergoat, Laurent ^a   Hiernaux, Pierre ^a   more..

^a ABN ^*  (Niger)

Author keywords

Crusted soils; Extreme rainfall events; Niger; Red flood; Runoff coefficient

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891872511     PISSN: 11477806     EISSN: 17775922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/sec.2013.0370     Document Type: Article

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