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Remote Sensing Based Water Balance Estimation in the Main Ethiopian Rift Valley
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Haas, Susanne Gloaguen, Richard |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | Severe lake level changes in the Main Ethiopian Rift have been recorded since the early 1970s. Besides, simultaneous different lake level fluctuations have been observed. The opposing lake level trends both imply serious consequences such as increasing flood risks and the destruction of the rich biodiversity of the lake region. Alarmingly, the reasons for this development are still unknown. Geological activities, climatic and land cover changes are considered to be the most probable triggering factors. By assessing the water balance of three insufficiently studied lakes in the Southern Main Ethiopian Rift Valley we would like to contribute to the clarification of this phenomenon. As the recorded meteorological and hydrological data is very incomplete, we propose a new estimation approach based on Remote Sensing. |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://vigir.missouri.edu/~gdesouza/Research/Conference_CDs/IGARSS_2009/pdfs/1773.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |