Spatial and temporal variability of rainfall in the Nile Basin

Onyutha, C.; Willems, P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2227-2015

Articles | Volume 19, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2227-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2227-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 5

Research article

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08 May 2015

Research article |

| 08 May 2015

Spatial and temporal variability of rainfall in the Nile Basin

C. Onyutha and P. Willems

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Final revised paper (published on 08 May 2015)
Preprint (discussion started on 28 Oct 2014)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C5838: 'Hydrometeorology, Surface Hydrology', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Dec 2014
- AC C5873: 'Reply to comment of Anonymous Referee #1 on “Spatial and temporal variability of rainfall in the Nile Basin” by C. Onyutha and P. Willems', Charles Onyutha, 31 Dec 2014
RC C5883: 'Comments to manuscript hess-2014-392 "Spatial and temporal variability of rainfall in the Nile basin"', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Jan 2015
- AC C5984: 'Reply to comment of Anonymous Referee 2', Charles Onyutha, 08 Jan 2015
RC C5886: 'Addendum to Comments to manuscript hess-2014-392 "Spatial and temporal variability of rainfall in the Nile basin"', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Jan 2015
- AC C5994: 'Reply to comment of Anonymous Referee 2', Charles Onyutha, 08 Jan 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (21 Jan 2015) by Carlo De Michele

AR by Charles Onyutha on behalf of the Authors (03 Feb 2015) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (25 Feb 2015) by Carlo De Michele

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (23 Mar 2015)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (27 Mar 2015)

ED: Publish as is (10 Apr 2015) by Carlo De Michele

AR by Charles Onyutha on behalf of the Authors (10 Apr 2015) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Variability of rainfall in the Nile Basin was found linked to the large-scale atmosphere-ocean interactions. This finding is vital for a number of water management and planning aspects. To give just one example, it may help in obtaining improved quantiles for flood or drought/water scarcity risk management. This is especially important under conditions of (1) questionable data quality, and (2) data scarcity. These conditions are typical of the Nile Basin and inevitably need to be addressed.