Rainfall and temperature trends in India

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 357-372

  Kothyari, U C ^a   Singh, V P ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

India; Rainfall trends; Temperature trends

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; ECONOMICS; WATER RESOURCES;

GANGA BASIN; INDIA; MONSOON RAINFALL; RAINFALL TRENDS; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

RAIN;

ANNUAL RAINFALL DATA; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MONSOON DATA; RAINFALL VARIABLE; TEMPERATURE TREND; WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

INDIA, GANGES BASIN;

EID: 0029669143     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199603)10:3<357::aid-hyp305>3.0.co;2-y     Document Type: Review

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