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Observed controls on resilience of groundwater to climate variability in sub-Saharan Africa.
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32 authors.
Mark O CuthbertDepartment of Geography, University College London, London, UK. cuthbertm2@cardiff.ac.uk.
Richard G TaylorDepartment of Geography, University College London, London, UK.
Guillaume FavreauUniversité Grenoble Alpes, IRD, CNRS, Grenoble INP, IGE, Grenoble, France.
Martin C ToddDepartment of Geography, University of Sussex, Falmer, UK.
Mohammad ShamsudduhaDepartment of Geography, University College London, London, UK.
Karen G VillholthInternational Water Management Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
Alan M MacDonaldBritish Geological Survey, Lyell Centre, Edinburgh, UK.
Bridget R ScanlonBureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
D O Valerie KotchoniUniversité d'Abomey-Calavi, Institut Nationale de l'Eau, Chaire Internationale de Physique Mathématique et Applications, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Cotonou, Benin.
Jean-Michel VouillamozUniversité Grenoble Alpes, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement, Grenoble, France.
Fabrice M A LawsonUniversité d'Abomey-Calavi, Institut Nationale de l'Eau, Chaire Internationale de Physique Mathématique et Applications, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Cotonou, Benin.
Philippe Armand AdjomayiDirection Générale de l'Eau, Cotonou, Benin.
Japhet KashaigiliDepartment of Forest Resources Assessment and Management, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.
David SeddonDepartment of Geography, University College London, London, UK.
James P R SorensenBritish Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, UK.
Girma Yimer EbrahimInternational Water Management Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
Michael OworDepartment of Geology and Petroleum Studies, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Philip M NyenjeDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Yahaya NazoumouDepartment of Geology, Université Abdou Moumouni, Niamey, Niger.
Ibrahim GoniDepartment of Geology, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria.
Boukari Issoufou OusmaneDepartment of Geology, Université Abdou Moumouni, Niamey, Niger.
Tenant SibandaCemex, Rugby, UK.
Matthew J AscottBritish Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, UK.
David M J MacdonaldBritish Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Wallingford, UK.
William AgyekumWater Research Institute, Accra, Ghana.
Youssouf KoussoubéDépartement des Sciences de la Terre, Université Ouaga I Pr Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Heike WankeDepartment of Geology, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia.
Hyungjun KimInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshihide WadaInternational Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.
Min-Hui LoDepartment of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan.
Taikan OkiInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Neno KukuricInternational Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre, Delft, The Netherlands.
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Abstract
Groundwater in sub-Saharan Africa supports livelihoods and poverty alleviation
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RainAfrica South of the SaharaDesert ClimateDroughtsGroundwater
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