Ethiopia's policy of large dam construction in the Blue Nile River basin is evaluated by simulating the impact of one downscaled midrange climate change scenario (A1B) on the performance of existing and planned irrigation and hydropower schemes. The simulation finds that by 2100: 1) average basin...
McCartney, Matthew P.
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Girma, Michael M.
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[Evaluating the downstream implications of planned water resource development in the Ethiopian portion of the Blue Nile River.]
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Evaluating the downstream implications of planned water resource development in the Ethiopian portion of the Blue Nile River.
Trends in rainfall series were investigated at 16 stations in Ghana over the period 1960-2005. Time series were first de-correlated using an effective pre-whitening methodology and then submitted to the resampling-based Mann-Kendall test. Field significances were assessed using the regional avera...
Lacombe, Guillaume
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Forkuor, Gerald
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[Drying climate in Ghana over the period 1960-2005: evidence from the resampling-based Mann-Kendall test at local and regional levels.]
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Drying climate in Ghana over the period 1960-2005: evidence from the resampling-based Mann-Kendall test at local and regional levels.
As the scientific consensus concerning global climate change has increased in recent decades, research on potential impacts of climate change on water resources has been given high importance. However in Sub-Saharan Africa, few studies have fully evaluated the potential implications of climate ch...
Jin, L.
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Whitehead, P.G.
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Addo, K.A.
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Amisigo, B.
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Macadam, I.
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Janes, T.
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Crossman, J.
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Nicholls, R.J.
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Roddai, H.J.E.
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[Modeling future flows of the Volta River system: impacts of climate change and socio-economic changes]
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Modeling future flows of the Volta River system: impacts of climate change and socio-economic changes
Background: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has embarked on a new era of dam building to improve food security and promote economic development. Nonetheless, the future impacts of dams on malaria transmission are poorly understood and seldom investigated in the context of climate and demographic change....
Kibret, S.
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Lautze, Jonathan
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Nhamo, Luxon
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Wilson, G.G.
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[Malaria and large dams in sub-Saharan Africa: future impacts in a changing climate]
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Malaria and large dams in sub-Saharan Africa: future impacts in a changing climate
Background: While there is growing recognition of the malaria impacts of large dams in sub-Saharan Africa, the cumulative malaria impact of reservoirs associated with current and future dam developments has not been quantified. The objective of this study was to estimate the current and predict t...
Kibret, S.
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Lautze, Jonathan
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Wilson, G.G.
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Nhamo, Luxon
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[Malaria impact of large dams in sub-Saharan Africa: maps, estimates and predictions]
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Malaria impact of large dams in sub-Saharan Africa: maps, estimates and predictions