Authors

Farouk El-Baz

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1989

Abstract

The level or Lake Nasser is A good indicator " oE the cycleg of Wet climate followed by droughts in East Africa. The dam has already TE saved Egypt from two cycles of dangerous floods in Y 1964 and 1975 and droughts in 1973 and 1984, and most perilously in 1987-1988. Recent changes in the water levels of Lake Nasser were clearly S indicated by Landsat images and photographa obtained by the Space Shuttle astronauts and the Large Format Camera- Regular monitoring From space of the Lake's water level would constitule an early warning Bysten of the conditions in the upper reachea of the Nile.

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