Trend analysis of rainfall and temperature data for India

Current Science

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-49

  Jain, Sharad K ^a   Kumar, Vijay ^b,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

^c MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; Rainfall; River basin; Seasonal analysis; Temperature data; Trend

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860875534     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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