Changes in daily temperature and precipitation extremes in central and south Asia

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Klein Tank, Albert M G ^a   Peterson, Thomas C ^b   Quadir, D A ^c   Dorji, S ^d   Zou, X ^e   Tang, Hongyu ^b   Santhosh, K ^b   Joshi, U R ^f   Jaswal, A K ^f   Kolli, R K ^g   Sikder, A B ^g   Deshpande, N R ^g   Revadekar, J V ^g   Yeleuova, K ^b   Vandasheva, S ^b   Faleyeva, M ^b   Gomboluudev, P ^h   Budhathoki, Kamal P ⁱ   Hussain, Ata ^j   Afzaal, M ^j   Chandrapala, Lalith ^k   Anvar, H ^b   Amanmurad, D ^l   Asanova, V S ^l   Jones, P D ^m   New, Mark G ⁿ   Spektorman, T ^b   more..

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b National Climatic Data Center Climate Analysis Branch ^*  (Uzbekistan)

^c SAARC Meteorological Research Centre   (Bangladesh)

^d Ministry of Education   (Bhutan)

^e China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^f Office of Climate Research and Services   (India)

^g INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^h Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology   (Mongolia)

ⁱ Technology and Environment   (Nepal)

^j PAKISTAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (Pakistan)

^k Bauddhaloka Mawatha   (Sri Lanka)

^l Research and Production Centre of Ecological Monitoring   (Turkmenistan)

^m UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIA; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COLD FRONT; DIURNAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TREND ANALYSIS; WARMING;

ASIA; CENTRAL ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33646368009     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006316     Document Type: Article

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