Trend analysis of rainfall in Bharathapuzha River basin, Kerala, India

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 533-539

  Nikhil Raj, P P ^a   Azeez, P A ^a  

^a SÁLIM ALI CENTRE FOR ORNITHOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY   (India)

Author keywords

Bharathapuzha river; Mann kendal's rank correlation; Rainfall; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATES; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; KERALA , INDIA; PRE-MONSOON RAINFALL; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL DATA; RAINFALL PATTERNS; RANK CORRELATION; RIVER BASINS; SOUTHWEST MONSOON; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; WATERSHEDS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

RAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; RIVER BASIN; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

BHARATHAPUZHA RIVER; INDIA; KERALA; MALABAR COAST;

EID: 84858170376     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2283     Document Type: Article

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