Suppressed convective rainfall by agricultural expansion in southeastern Burkina Faso

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 5521-5530

  Mande, Theophile ^a   Ceperley, Natalie C ^a   Katul, Gabriel G ^b   Tyler, Scott W ^c   Yacouba, Hamma ^d   Parlange, Marc B ^a,e  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement   (Burkina Faso)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

boundary layer height; Burkina Faso; convective rainfall; eddy covariance; land cover change; sensor scope

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONDENSATION; FOOD SUPPLY; FORESTRY; HEAT FLUX; RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION; AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHTS; BURKINA FASO; EDDY COVARIANCE; LAND-COVER CHANGE; LIFTING CONDENSATION LEVELS; MEASUREMENTS AND MODELING;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; EDDY COVARIANCE; FOOD SECURITY; LAND COVER; MIXED LAYER; RAINFALL; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONDENSATION; RAIN; STATISTICS;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 84939444592     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015WR017144     Document Type: Article

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