Changes in rainfall and relative humidity in river basins in northwest and central India

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2982-2992

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

^a Hydro Tasmania Consulting   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrological processes; Rainfall trend; Relative humidity trend; Seasonal analysis; Water availability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PLANNING; RAIN; RIVERS; SILICONES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

ANNUAL MEAN; ANNUAL RAINFALL; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES; MONSOON RAINFALL; MONSOON SEASON; RAINFALL TREND; RAINY DAYS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RELATIVE HUMIDITY TREND; RIVER BASINS; SEASONAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCES; WINTER RAINFALL;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RAINFALL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RIVER BASIN; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ASIA; BAY OF BENGAL; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MAHANADI BASIN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 49249100384     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6871     Document Type: Article

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