Articles | Volume 21, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2143-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2143-2017
Research article
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20 Apr 2017
Research article |  | 20 Apr 2017

Impact of climate change on hydrological conditions in a tropical West African catchment using an ensemble of climate simulations

Yacouba Yira, Bernd Diekkrüger, Gero Steup, and Aymar Yaovi Bossa

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