Modelling of flood hazard extent in data sparse areas: a case study of the Oti River basin, West Africa
Study region: Terrain and hydrological data are scarce in many African countries. The coarse spatial resolution of freely available Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission elevation data and the absence of flow gauges on flood-prone reaches, such as the Oti River studied here, make flood inundation modell...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-04-01
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Series: | Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214581817300757 |