The greenhouse gas-induced climate change over the Indian subcontinent as projected by general circulation model experiments

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 673-690

  Lal, M ^a   Whetton, P H ^b   Pittock, A B ^b   Chakraborty, B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Global Climate Models; Global Warming; Indian Subcontinent; Monsoon; Regional Climate Change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037768579     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.1998.9.4.673(A)     Document Type: Article

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