Water resources in Africa under global change: monitoring surface waters from space

F Papa, JF Crétaux, M Grippa, E Robert, M Trigg… - Surveys in …, 2023 - Springer
The African continent hosts some of the largest freshwater systems worldwide, characterized
by a large distribution and variability of surface waters that play a key role in the water …

The SURFEXv7. 2 land and ocean surface platform for coupled or offline simulation of earth surface variables and fluxes

V Masson, P Le Moigne, E Martin… - Geoscientific Model …, 2013 - gmd.copernicus.org
SURFEX is a new externalized land and ocean surface platform that describes the surface
fluxes and the evolution of four types of surfaces: nature, town, inland water and ocean. It is …

Recent changes in the ISBA‐CTRIP land surface system for use in the CNRM‐CM6 climate model and in global off‐line hydrological applications

B Decharme, C Delire, M Minvielle… - Journal of Advances …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, significant efforts have been made to upgrade physical processes in the
ISBA‐CTRIP land surface system for use in fully coupled climate studies using the new …

A subgrid channel model for simulating river hydraulics and floodplain inundation over large and data sparse areas

J Neal, G Schumann, P Bates - Water Resources Research, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a new computationally efficient hydraulic model for simulating the
spatially distributed dynamics of water surface elevation, wave speed, and inundation extent …

Toward continental hydrologic–hydrodynamic modeling in South America

VA Siqueira, RCD Paiva… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2018 - hess.copernicus.org
Providing reliable estimates of streamflow and hydrological fluxes is a major challenge for
water resources management over national and transnational basins in South America …

MGB-IPH model for hydrological and hydraulic simulation of large floodplain river systems coupled with open source GIS

PRM Pontes, FM Fan, AS Fleischmann… - … Modelling & Software, 2017 - Elsevier
Large-scale hydrological models are useful tools for water resources studies, however, river
network flow routing is generally represented using simplified methods, which may lead to …

State of continental discharge estimation and modelling: challenges and opportunities for Africa

K Akpoti, K Mekonnen, M Leh, A Owusu… - Hydrological …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Africa's diverse climates and sparse hydro-meteorological networks create significant
challenges in accurately estimating river discharge. Discharge data are crucial for managing …

Improving computational efficiency in global river models by implementing the local inertial flow equation and a vector‐based river network map

D Yamazaki, GAM de Almeida… - Water Resources …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Global river models are an essential tool for both earth system studies and water resources
assessments. As advanced physical processes have been implemented in global river …

Decadal monitoring of the Niger Inner Delta flood dynamics using MODIS optical data

A Ogilvie, G Belaud, C Delenne, JS Bailly, JC Bader… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Wetlands provide a vital resource to ecosystem services and associated rural livelihoods but
their extent, geomorphological heterogeneity and flat topography make the representation of …

Modelling hydrologic and hydrodynamic processes in basins with large semi-arid wetlands

A Fleischmann, V Siqueira, A Paris, W Collischonn… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Hydrological and hydrodynamic models are core tools for simulation of large basins and
complex river systems associated to wetlands. Recent studies have pointed towards the …