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The lab has been involved in numerous projects reconstructing the historical and modern fluctuations of Africa lakes, deriving estimates of climatic parameters over the lakes (precipitation, evaporation, cloudiness, winds).  We have extensively studied the hydrologic balance of Lakes Victoria, Malawi and Tanganyika and intend to continue these studies on other lakes.  Dr. Nicholson served as the International Chairperson of the IDEAL Project (International Decade of the East African Lakes), a program that encompasses investigators from many countries who look at physical, chemical and biological aspects of the lakes. 

  1. Lake Victoria Water Balance2000: On the Feasiblity of using a Lake Water Balance Model to infer Rainfall: an Example from Lake Victoria. Hyrdological Sciences - Journal, 45, 75-95.
  2. Cloudiness Lake Victoria2000: On the diurnal cycle of cloudiness over Lake Victoria and its influence on evaporation from the lake (with X. Yin and M.B. Ba). Hyrdological Sciences - Journal 45, 407-424.
  3. 1999: Response to comment on "The water balance of Lake Victoria", by J. V. Sutcliffe (S. E. Nicholson and X. Yin). Hydrological Sciences Journal, 44, 836-837.
  4. Water Balance1998: The Water Balance of Lake Victoria (with X. Yin). Hyrdological Sciences - Journal, 789-811.
  5. Fluctuations Rift Valley1998: Fluctuations of Rift Valley Lakes Malawi and Chilwa During Historical times: A Synthesis of Geological, Archaeological and Historical Information. Environmental Change and Response in East African Lakes, 207-231.
  6. Fluctuations Lake Victoria1998: Historical Fluctuations of Lake Victoria and other lakes in the northern Rift Valley of East Africa. Environmental Change and Response in East African Lakes (J. T. Lehman, ed.), Kluwer, Dordrecht, 7-35.
  7. 1998: Variations of African lakes during the last two centuries (Nicholson, S. E., and X. Yin). InWater resources variability in Africa during the XXth Century (E. Servat, D. Hughes, J.-M;. Fritsch and M. Hulme, eds.), IAHS Press, Wallingford, UK, 181-188.