GIS-based high-resolution spatial interpolation of precipitation in mountain-plain areas of Upper Pakistan for regional climate change impact studies

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 239-253

  Ashiq, Muhammad Waseem ^a,f   Zhao, Chuanyan ^c   Ni, Jian ^d,e   Akhtar, Muhammad ^b  

^a Forest Department   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GIS; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; MONSOON; MOUNTAIN REGION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

HIMALAYAS; PAKISTAN;

EID: 73149118224     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-009-0140-y     Document Type: Article

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