Observation of the spatial and temporal variability of water
resources is critical for both societal and scientific issues.
Sadly, many water resources are located in ungagged catchments or
have limited data for this exploration. Fortunately, the
advancement of satellite altimetry, remote sensing technologies and
GIS, presents us a possibility to achieve this feat (even in poorly
gauged catchments). This volume, as a case study, thus focuses on
the establishment of the hydrological processes that has affected
the water balance of Lake Bosumtwi, contributing to the marked lake
level rise and fall (+6.8m/-3.2m) within the last century. An
approach for the assessment of water balance is presented; a GIS
distributed hydrologic model is developed, and the uncertainties
with the transfer of data to ungagged catchments are investigated.
In the end, land cover changes were also incorporated, and the
model had an efficiency of 99.9%. It is hoped that this volume
would help researchers and practitioners achieve similar feats, not
only for lakes and reservoirs, but also for all catchments, making
it more practical and easy in the management of our scarce water
resources.
General
Imprint: |
VDM Verlag
|
Country of origin: |
Germany |
Release date: |
July 2011 |
First published: |
July 2011 |
Authors: |
Mark Amo-Boateng
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 8mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
128 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-639-35774-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
Geography >
General
|
LSN: |
3-639-35774-4 |
Barcode: |
9783639357745 |
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