Regional changes in extreme monsoon rainfall deficit and excess in India

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 206-214

  Pal, Indrani ^a   Al Tabbaa, Abir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extreme monsoon rainfall deficit; Extreme monsoon rainfall excess; India; Mann Kendall technique; Trend

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; MANN-KENDALL; MONSOON RAINFALL; NON-PARAMETRIC; POSSIBLE FUTURES; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TREND ANALYSIS;

INDIA;

EID: 75149189483     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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