Fluctuation of groundwater levels and recharge patterns in Northern Ghana

Climate

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lutz, Alexandra ^a   Minyila, Solomon ^b   Saga, Bansaga ^b   Diarra, Samuel ^c   Apambire, Braimah ^a   Thomas, James ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b World Vision Ghana   (Ghana)

^c WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Climate; Precipitation; Water resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953730900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22251154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cli3010001     Document Type: Article

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