Wintertime climatic trends in the western Himalayas

Climatic Change

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 775-800

  Dimri, A P ^a   Dash, S K ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATIC INDEX; CLIMATIC TRENDS; HIMALAYAS; INDIAN RIVERS; OBSERVATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; SNOW MELT; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; WEATHER SYSTEMS;

CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING;

SNOW;

ABLATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GEOACCUMULATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SNOWMELT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 84857915771     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0201-y     Document Type: Article

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