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Evapotranspiration in the Congo River Basin
Noel AloysiusYale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
June 07, 2013
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Trenberth, K. E., J. T. Fasullo, et al. (2009). "Earth's Global Energy Budget." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 90(3): 311-323.
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Congo, DRC
Angola
Sudan
Zambia
Congo
Tanzania
Cameroon
Uganda
Chad
Central African Republic
Gabon
Malawi
Nigeria
Ethiopia
Burundi
Mozambique
Rwanda
Kenya
Kenya
Mozambique
Equatorial Guinea
Tanganyika
Mweru
Kivu
Chishi
Bangweulu
Mai-Ndombe
Tumba
Upemba
Nzilo
Pool Malebo
KisaleZimbambo
Retenue de la Lufira
KabweKabele
Kampolombo
Kifukula
34° E
34° E
32° E
32° E
30° E
30° E
28° E
28° E
26° E
26° E
24° E
24° E
22° E
22° E
20° E
20° E
18° E
18° E
16° E
16° E
14° E
14° E
12° E
12° E
10° N 10° N
8° N 8° N
6° N 6° N
4° N 4° N
2° N 2° N
0° 0°
2° S 2° S
4° S 4° S
6° S 6° S
8° S 8° S
10° S 10° S
12° S 12° S
14° S 14° S
Rainfed agriculture areas (9 classes) developed by IWMI (Birdar et al., 2009)Purple boxes are cities
Rainfed areas are mostly concentrated in the South
!( Calibration gages! Streamflow gages
river_network
Basin boundary
congo_geog
Lakes
01 Rainfed croplands: wheat-corn-cotton-rice-millets-barley-pulses
02 Rainfed croplands with pastures: wheat-corn-cotton-rice-barley-small grains
03 Rainfed croplands with grasslands: wheat-cotton-corn-small grains-tuber crops
04 Rainfed croplands with shrublands: wheat-corn-pulses, millets
05 Rainfed croplands with woodlands: wheat-corn-pulses-oilseeds
06 Grassland dominant with rainfed croplands
07 Shrubland dominant with rainfed croplands
08 Woodland dominant with rainfed croplands
09 Forest dominant with rainfed croplands
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SWAT Water Balance(1971-2000)
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SWAT Water Balance(1971-2000)
(a)
(values are in mm/year)
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Seasonal ET variation Seasonal Precipitation variation
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TWL – Tropical forests + Wetlands + Lakes, RaF – Rainfed agriculture areas, Oth – All regions excluding TWL
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Trenberth, K. E., J. T. Fasullo, et al. (2009). "Earth's Global Energy Budget." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 90(3): 311-323.