Some evidence of climate change in twentieth-century India

Climatic Change

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 299-321

  Dash, S K ^a   Jenamani, R K ^b   Kalsi, S R ^b   Panda, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; RAIN; STORMS;

COLD WAVES; HEAT WAVES; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; MONSOON; POVERTY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; BAY OF BENGAL; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 36248987872     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-007-9305-9     Document Type: Article

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