The Nile Hydroclimatology: Impact of the Sudd Wetland

ISBN-13: 9781138439160 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Yasis Abbas Mohamed

Opis

Aims at an understanding of the Sudd hydrology in relation to the regional hydroclimatology. This study compares two regional climate model scenarios: the climatology, and a drained Sudd scenario to study the impact of the Sudd wetland on the Nile hydroclimatology.

Spis treści

1 Introduction 2 How important is land evaporation to sustain regional precipitation? A literature review on moisture recycling. 3 Description of the Study area 4 Spatial variability of evaporation and moisture storage in the swamps of the upper Nile studies by remote sensing techniques 5 The temporal variation of evaporation from the Sudd wetland and its biophysical and hydrological interpretation 6 Regional climate modeling of the Nile Basin 7 Impact of teh Sudd wetland on the Nile Hydroclimatology 8 Summary and conclusions

O autorze

Yasis Abbas Mohamed