Opportunities for hydrologic research in the Congo Basin

D Alsdorf, E Beighley, A Laraque, H Lee… - Reviews of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We review the published results on the Congo Basin hydrology and summarize the historic
and ongoing research. Annual rainfall is~ 1900 mm/yr along an east‐west trend across the …

Recent advances in wavelet analyses: Part 2—Amazon, Parana, Orinoco and Congo discharges time scale variability

D Labat, J Ronchail, JL Guyot - Journal of Hydrology, 2005 - Elsevier
This paper is devoted to illustrating new wavelet analysis methods in the field of hydrology.
New wavelet indicators are applied to long-term hydrological and climatologic proxies. They …

[PDF][PDF] World drought frequency, duration, and severity for 1951–2010

J Spinoni, G Naumann, H Carrao, P Barbosa, J Vogt - Int. J …, 2014 - academia.edu
In the context of climate change characterized by rising temperature and more extreme
precipitation regimes, drought is one of the most relevant natural disasters. This paper …

A global drought and flood catalogue from 1950 to 2016

X He, M Pan, Z Wei, EF Wood… - Bulletin of the American …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Hydrological extremes, in the form of droughts and floods, have impacts on a wide range of
sectors including water availability, food security, and energy production. Given continuing …

Wet and wonderful: the world's largest wetlands are conservation priorities

PA Keddy, LH Fraser, AI Solomeshch, WJ Junk… - …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Wetlands perform many essential ecosystem services—carbon storage, flood control,
maintenance of biodiversity, fish production, and aquifer recharge, among others—services …

Interannual variability of surface water extent at the global scale, 1993–2004

F Papa, C Prigent, F Aires, C Jimenez… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Land surface waters play a primary role in the global water cycle and climate. As a
consequence, there is a widespread demand for accurate and long‐term quantitative …

Global variability of daily total suspended solids and their fluxes in rivers

M Meybeck, L Laroche, HH Dürr… - Global and planetary …, 2003 - Elsevier
The daily variability of river suspended sediment concentration (Cs) and related yield (Y) is
studied at 60 global stations. The data set covers natural conditions (eg pre-reservoir data) …

Simulação hidrológica de grandes bacias

W Collischonn - 2001 - lume.ufrgs.br
O comportamento hidrológico de grandes bacias envolve a integração da variabilidade
espacial e temporal de um grande número de processos. No passado, o desenvolvimento …

Observed changes in flood hazard in Africa

Y Tramblay, G Villarini, W Zhang - Environmental Research …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Floods represent a major natural hazard in Africa, causing over 27 000 fatalities during the
period 1950–2019. Despite its relevance, little is known about changes in flood hazard …

Rainfall and water resources variability in sub-Saharan Africa during the twentieth century

D Conway, A Persechino… - Journal of …, 2009 - journals.ametsoc.org
River basin rainfall series and extensive river flow records are used to characterize and
improve understanding of spatial and temporal variability in sub-Saharan African water …