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@ARTICLE{Cheo:834458,
      author       = {Cheo, Ambe Emmanuel and Voigt, Hans-Jürgen and Wendland,
                      Frank},
      title        = {{M}odeling groundwater recharge through rainfall in the
                      {F}ar-{N}orth region of {C}ameroon},
      journal      = {Groundwater for sustainable development},
      volume       = {5},
      issn         = {2352-801X},
      address      = {Amsterdam},
      publisher    = {Elsevier},
      reportid     = {FZJ-2017-04409},
      pages        = {118 - 130},
      year         = {2017},
      abstract     = {The Far-North region of Cameroon is threatened by extreme
                      water shortage. Over the years groundwater has increasingly
                      been used as the main source of domestic water supply. In
                      spite of the increased, groundwater exploitation has been
                      done without adequate planning. One of the key parameters of
                      a sustainable groundwater management is the regional
                      groundwater recharge rate, which defines the upper limit for
                      which groundwater abstraction should not exceed. This paper
                      summarizes the results of transferring the water balance
                      model GROWA to the Far-North region of Cameroon. The main
                      aim was to assess the spatial distributed groundwater
                      recharge rate through rainfall. Due to the lack of adequate
                      regional data bases, international data sources, e.g. the
                      World soil map in scale of 1: 3,000,000 were used to derive
                      the input parameters needed to run GROWA model. The
                      simulated GROWA results show a satisfying agreement with
                      existing groundwater recharge rate assessments for most
                      areas of the study region. Against this background, it was
                      concluded that GROWA model results represent reliable
                      reference values for groundwater recharge through rainfall
                      even though the input parameters were derived from
                      small-scale generalized international maps. This approach
                      provides a relevant initial step for a more detailed
                      groundwater recharge estimate. A more accurate estimation
                      for groundwater recharge should be carried out once the
                      input data for the study area are available in higher
                      spatial resolution including runoff records for a
                      plausibility check of the modeled water quantities for
                      groundwater recharge.},
      cin          = {IBG-3},
      ddc          = {333.7},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118},
      pnm          = {255 - Terrestrial Systems: From Observation to Prediction
                      (POF3-255)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-255},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      doi          = {10.1016/j.gsd.2017.06.001},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/834458},
}