Uncertainties in downscaled relative humidity for a semi-arid region in India

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 375-386

  Anandhi, Aavudai ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Downscaling; Hydroclimatology; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Emission Scenarios (IPCC SRES); Malaprabha river basin; Multi step linear regression; Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; EMISSION INVENTORY; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEMIARID REGION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

INDIA; KARNATAKA; MALAPRABHA RIVER;

EID: 79959965674     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-011-0079-0     Document Type: Article

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