Trends in temperature, diurnal temperature range and sunshine duration in Northeast India

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1353-1367

  Jhajharia, Deepak ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^b,c  

^a NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Texas A and M University   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal temperature range; Northeast India; Sunshine duration; Temperature; Trend

Indexed keywords

CONCOMITANT DECREASE; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; NORTHEAST INDIA; POST-MONSOON; PRE-MONSOON; SUNSHINE DURATION; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TIME-SCALES; TREND;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; MONSOON; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

INDIA;

EID: 79952322075     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2164     Document Type: Article

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