An investigation of changes in rainfall and temperature regimes of the Ganga basin in India

Water Resources Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-34

  Kothyari, U C ^a   Singh, V P ^b   Aravamuthan, V ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ganga basin; Rainfall regime; Trend; Weighted regression

Indexed keywords

GANGA BASIN; INDIA; MONSOON RAINFALL; WEIGHTED REGRESSION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; METEOROLOGY; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; MONSOON; RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE;

INDIA, GANGES BASIN;

EID: 0031074197     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017936123283     Document Type: Article

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