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<p>List of Contributors ix</p> <p>Preface xvii</p> <p>1 Congo Basin Research: Building a Foundation for the Future 1<br /><i>Raphael M. Tshimanga, Guy D. Moukandi N’kaya, Alain Laraque, Sharon E. Nicholson, Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema, Raymond Lumbuenamo, and Douglas Alsdorf</i></p> <p><b>Part I Influences on Rainfall</b></p> <p>2 Central African Climate: Advances and Gaps 15<br /><i>Wilfried Pokam Mba, Derbetini Appolinaire Vondou, and Pierre Honore Kamsu-Tamo</i></p> <p>3 The Rainfall and Convective Regime over Equatorial Africa, with Emphasis on the Congo Basin 25<br /><i>Sharon E. Nicholson</i></p> <p>4 Influence of “Slab-Ocean” Parameterization in a Regional Climate Model (RegCM4) over Central Africa 49<br /><i>François Xavier Mengouna, Derbetini Appolinaire Vondou, Armand Joel Komkoua Mbienda, Thierry C. Fotso-Nguemo, Denis Sonkoué, Zéphirin Yepdo-Djomou, and Pascal M. Igri</i></p> <p>5 Understanding the Influence of Climate Variability on Surface Water Hydrology in the Congo Basin 63<br /><i>Christopher E. Ndehedehe, Vagner G. Ferreira, Augusto Getirana, and Nathan O. Agutu</i></p> <p>6 Hydroclimatic Dynamics of Upstream Ubangi River at Mobaye, Central African Republic: Comparative Study of the Role of Savannah and Equatorial Forest 83<br /><i>Cyriaque-Rufin Nguimalet, Didier Orange, Jean-Pascal Waterendji, and Athanase Yambele</i></p> <p>7 Evaluation of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) 3B42 and 3B43 Products Relative to Synoptic Weather Station Observations over Cameroon 97<br /><i>Pascal M. Igri, Roméo Stève Tanessong, Derbetini Appolinaire Vondou, Wilfried Pokam Mba, Taguemfo Kammalac Jores, Samuel Kaïssassou, Guy Merlin Guenang, Armand Joel Komkoua Mbienda, and Zéphirin Yepdo-Djomou</i></p> <p><b>Part II Variations in Rainfall and Runoff</b></p> <p>8 A New Look at Hydrology in the Congo Basin, Based on the Study of Multi-Decadal Time Series 123<br /><i>Guy D. Moukandi N’kaya, Alain Laraque, Jean-Emmanuel Paturel, Georges Gulemvuga Guzanga, Gil Mahé, and Raphael M. Tshimanga</i></p> <p>9 Historical Changes in Rainfall Patterns over the Congo Basin and Impacts on Runoff (1903–2010) 145<br /><i>Christopher E. Ndehedehe and Nathan O. Agutu</i></p> <p>10 Water Budgets and Droughts under Current and Future Conditions in the Congo River Basin 165<br /><i>Venkataramana Sridhar, Hyunwoo Kang, Syed A. Ali, Gode B. Bola, Raphael M. Tshimanga, and Venkataraman Lakshmi</i></p> <p>11 Spatiotemporal Variability of Droughts in the Congo River Basin: The Role of Atmospheric Moisture Transport 187<br /><i>Rogert Sorí, Milica Stojanovic, Raquel Nieto, Margarida L. R. Liberato, and Luis Gimeno</i></p> <p><b>Part III Hydrology and Hydraulics</b></p> <p>12 Two Decades of Hydrologic Modeling and Predictions in the Congo River Basin: Progress and Prospect for Future Investigations 207<br /><i>Raphael M. Tshimanga</i></p> <p>13 Sources and Sinks of Water of the Cuvette Centrale Wetlands Using Multiple Remote Sensing Measurements and a Hydrologic Model 237<br /><i>Ting Yuan, Hyongki Lee, R. Edward Beighley, Hahn Chul Jung, and Raphael M. Tshimanga</i></p> <p>14 Investigating the Role of the Cuvette Centrale in the Hydrology of the Congo River Basin 247<br /><i>Pankyes Datok, Clément Fabre, Sabine Sauvage, Guy D. Moukandi N’kaya, Adrien Paris, Vanessa Dos Santos, Alain Laraque, and José-Miguel Sánchez-Pérez</i></p> <p>15 Estimation of Bathymetry for Modeling Multi-thread Channel Hydraulics: Application to the Congo River Middle Reach 275<br /><i>Andrew B. Carr, Mark A. Trigg, Raphael M. Tshimanga, Mark W. Smith, Duncan J. Borman, and Paul D. Bates</i></p> <p>16 Reviewing Applications of Remote Sensing Techniques to Hydrologic Research in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a Special Focus on the Congo Basin 295<br /><i>Guy J.-P. Schumann, Delwyn K. Moller, Louise Croneborg-Jones, and Konstantinos M. Andreadis</i></p> <p>17 Spatial Hydrology and Applications in the Congo River Basin 323<br /><i>Christophe Brachet, Alice Andral, Georges Gulemvuga Guzanga, Blaise-Leandre Tondo, Pierre-Olivier Malaterre, and Sebastien Legrand</i></p> <p>18 Monitoring Hydrological Variables from Remote Sensing and Modeling in the Congo River Basin 339<br /><i>Adrien Paris, Stéphane Calmant, Marielle Gosset, Ayan S. Fleischmann, Taina Sampaio Xavier Conchy, Pierre-André Garambois, Jean-Pierre Bricquet, Fabrice Papa, Raphael M. Tshimanga, Georges Gulemvuga Guzanga, Vinícius Alencar Siqueira, Blaise-Leandre Tondo, Rodrigo Paiva, Joecila Santos da Silva, and Alain Laraque</i></p> <p>19 Long-Term Hydrological Variations of the Ogooué River Basin 367<br /><i>Sakaros Bogning, Fréderic Frappart, Gil Mahé, Fernando Niño, Adrien Paris, Joëlle Sihon, Franck Ghomsi, Fabien Blarel, Jean-Pierre Bricquet, Raphaël Onguene, Jacques Etame, Frédérique Seyler, Marie-Claire Paiz, and Jean-Jacques Braun</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Sediments and Carbon</b></p> <p>20 Fluvial Carbon Dynamics across the Land to Ocean Continuum of Great Tropical Rivers: the Amazon and Congo 393<br /><i>Jeffrey E. Richey, Robert G. M. Spencer, Travis W. Drake, and Nicholas D. Ward</i></p> <p>21 Measuring Geomorphological Change on the Congo River Using Century-Old Navigation Charts 413<br /><i>Mark A. Trigg, Andrew B. Carr, Mark W. Smith, and Raphael M. Tshimanga</i></p> <p>22 Site Selection, Design, and Implementation of a Sediment Sampling Program on the Kasai River, a Major Tributary of the Congo River 427<br /><i>Catherine A. Mushi, Preksedis M. Ndomba, Raphael M. Tshimanga, Mark A. Trigg, Jeffrey Neal, Gode B. Bola, Pierre Mulamba Kabuya, Andrew B. Carr, Jules T. Beya, Paul D. Bates, and Felix Mtalo</i></p> <p>23 New Measurements of Water Dynamics and Sediment Transport along the Middle Reach of the Congo River and the Kasai Tributary 447<br /><i>Raphael M. Tshimanga, Mark A. Trigg, Jeffrey Neal, Preksedis M. Ndomba, Denis A. Hughes, Andrew B. Carr, Pierre Mulamba Kabuya, Gode B. Bola, Catherine A. Mushi, Jules T. Beya, Felly K. Ngandu, Gabriel M. Mokango, Felix Mtalo, and Paul D. Bates</i></p> <p><b>Part V Water Resources</b></p> <p>24 Towards a Framework of Catchment Classification for Hydrologic Predictions and Water Resources Management in the Ungauged Basin of the Congo River: An a priori Approach 471<br /><i>Raphael M. Tshimanga, Gode B. Bola, Pierre Mulamba Kabuya, Landry Nkaba, Jeffrey Neal, Laurence Hawker, Mark A. Trigg, Paul D. Bates, Denis A. Hughes, Alain Laraque, Ross Woods, and Thorsten Wagener</i></p> <p>25 The Environmental Issues of the Ubangui Water Transfer Project to Lake Chad 449<br /><i>Chanel Nzango, Pascal Bartout, Laurent Touchart, and Cyriaque-Rufin Nguimalet</i></p> <p>26 Variability Of Lake Chad: What Hydraulic Management Will Preserve Natural Resources? 513<br /><i>Hadiza Kiari Fougou and Jacques Lemoalle</i></p> <p>27 Multi-Return Periods, Flood Hazards, and Risk Assessment in the Congo River Basin 519<br /><i>Gode B. Bola, Raphael M. Tshimanga, Jeffrey Neal, Laurence Hawker, Mark A. Trigg, Lukanda Mwamba, and Paul D. Bates</i></p> <p>28 Putting River Users at the Heart of Hydraulics and Morphology Research in the Congo Basin 541<br /><i>Mark A. Trigg, Raphael M. Tshimanga, Preksedis M. Ndomba, Felix Mtalo, Denis A. Hughes, Catherine A. Mushi, Gode B. Bola, Pierre Mulamba Kabuya, Andrew B. Carr, Mark Bernhofen, Jeffrey Neal, Jules T. Beya, Felly K. Ngandu, and Paul D. Bates</i></p> <p>Index 555</p>

<p><b>Raphael M. Tshimanga,</b> University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.</p> <p><b>Guy D. Moukandi N'kaya,</b> Marien Ngouabi University, Republic of the Congo.</p> <p><b>Douglas Alsdorf,</b> The Ohio State University, USA.</p>

<p><b>New scientific discoveries in the Congo Basin as a result of international collaborations</b></p> <p>The Congo is the world's second largest river basin and home to 120 million people. Understanding the cycling of water, sediments, and nutrients is important as the region faces climatic and anthropogenic change.</p> <p><i>Congo Basin Hydrology, Climate, and Biogeochemistry: A Foundation for the Future </i>explores variations in and influences on rainfall, hydrology and hydraulics, and sediment and carbon dynamics. It features contributions from experts in the region and their international collaborators.</p> <p>Volume highlights include:</p> <ul> <li>New in-situ and remotely sensed measurements and model results</li> <li>Use of historic data to assess precipitation and hydrologic changes</li> <li>Exploration of water exchange between wetlands and rivers</li> <li>Biogeochemical processes in the Congo’s forests and wetlands</li> <li>A scientific foundation for hydrologic resource management in the region</li> <li>Studies from different parts of the Congo river and its adjoining basins</li> </ul> <p>This book is available in English and French.</p> <p>The American Geophysical Union promotes discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. Its publications disseminate scientific knowledge and provide resources for researchers, students, and professionals.</p>

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