Extreme rainfall indices and its impact on rice productivity-A case study over sub-humid climatic environment

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1373-1387

  Subash, N ^a,b   Singh, S S ^a   Priya, Neha ^a  

^a ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR EASTERN REGION   (India)

^b ICAR Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research   (India)

Author keywords

Agro climatological zone; Correlation; Extreme rainfall indices; Mann Kendall nonparametric test; Productivity anomaly index; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; AGRO-CLIMATOLOGICAL ZONE; AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES; ANOMALY INDEXES; CLIMATIC SCENARIOS; EXTREME RAINFALL; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; LINEAR FITTING; MANAGEMENT OPERATION; MANAGEMENT PLANS; MANN-KENDALL; METHOD OF LEAST SQUARES; MONSOON SEASON; NON-PARAMETRIC TEST; POLICY DECISIONS; RAINFALL EVENT; STUDY SITES; SUB-HUMID; TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DECISION MAKING; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PLANNING; PRODUCTIVITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; CROP PRODUCTION; DECISION MAKING; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMIDITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RICE; TREND ANALYSIS;

BIHAR; INDIA;

EID: 79959632754     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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