Model-based study of the role of rainfall and land use–land cover in the changes in the occurrence and intensity of Niger red floods in Niamey between 1953 and 2012
Since 1950, the Niger River basin has gone through three main climatic periods: a wet period (1950–1960), an extended drought (1970–1980) and since 1990 a recent partial recovery of annual rainfall. Hydrological changes co-occur with these rainfall fluctuations. In most of the basin, the rainfall de...
Main Authors: | C. Casse, M. Gosset, T. Vischel, G. Quantin, B. A. Tanimoun |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-07-01
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Series: | Hydrology and Earth System Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/20/2841/2016/hess-20-2841-2016.pdf |
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