Streamflow forecasting for operational water management in the Incomati River Basin, Southern Africa

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-12

  Sunday, R K M ^a   Masih, I ^b   Werner, M ^b,c   van der Zaag, P ^b,d  

^a Internal Drainage Basin Water Board Ministry of Water   (Tanzania)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Forecasting methods; Sea Surface Temperature; Streamflow forecasts

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHODS; RIVER BASINS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STREAMFLOW FORECAST; STREAMFLOW FORECASTING;

DECISION MAKING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORECASTING METHOD; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RIVER BASIN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STREAMFLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

KOMATI RIVER;

EID: 84919329541     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2014.09.002     Document Type: Article

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