Earth Observation for Water Resource Management in Africa

• Main Author: Benjamin Koetz (Ed.) (auth)
• Other Authors: Zoltán Vekerdy (Ed.) (auth), Massimo Menenti (Ed.) (auth), Diego Fernández-Prieto (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2016
• Subjects: precipitation; water resource; hydrological modeling; surface water hydrology; soil moisture; water quality; management; drought; flood mapping; evapotranspiration
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Reliable access to water, managing the spatial and temporal variability of water availability, ensuring the quality of freshwater and responding to climatological changes in the hydrological cycle are prerequisites for the development of countries in Africa. Water being an essential input for biomas...