Long-term trends in maximum, minimum and mean annual air temperatures across the Northwestern Himalaya during the twentieth century

Climatic Change

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 159-177

  Bhutiyani, M R ^a   Kale, Vishwas S ^b   Pawar, N J ^b  

^a Faculty of Civil Engineering   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

AIR TEMPERATURE; WANING EFFECTS; WARMING;

TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 35148858142     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-9196-1     Document Type: Article

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