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Article: New hydrology study findings have been reported by M. Gerbaux and colleagues.
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- Global Warming Focus
- Article date:
- March 30, 2009
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According to recent research from Grenoble, France, "A simple method is used to study the response of runoff in the Sahel to climate change. The statistical characteristics of rainfall are calculated over the western part of the Sahel for the period 1961-1990, using the BADOPLU network."
"Daily rainfall is simulated using a Markov process with Weibull distribution for rainfall depths. Runoff is modelled using a conceptual SCS model and the curve numbers are calculated for West Africa. Climate change is provided by simulations using the Arpege GCM (Scenario A1B), and a perturbation method is used on the parameters which describe the rainfall. Changes in rainfall ...