Basin-wide assessment of temperature trends in northwest and central India

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 421-433

  Singh, Pratap ^a   Kumar, Vijay ^b   Thomas, T ^b   Arora, Manohar ^b  

^a Hydro Tasmania Consulting   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; Seasonal analysis; Temperature trend; Temperature variability

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WATER RESOURCES;

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; SEASONAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE TREND; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY;

HYDROLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS; WARMING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; NARMADA BASIN; SABARMATI BASIN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 42449111613     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.53.2.421     Document Type: Article

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