LAAuthors: Su, Z. ; Odongo, V.O.; Advisor: -; Participants: - (2016)
Thesis investigates the possible existence of abrupt changes and trends in the water balance components of the Lake Naivasha basin caused by either human or natural factors; evaluates the evaporative losses of different land use and land cover classes, their trends and climatic controls in Lake Naivasha basin using the Surface Energy Balance System (SEBS) in combination with Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Interim Re-Analysis (ERA- Interim) data; evaluates the energy balance and partitioning of a heterogeneous semi-arid landscape in the lower part of Lake Naivasha Basin to identify the biological and ... 
