Characteristic features of winter precipitation and its variability over northwest India

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 611-623

  Yadav, R K ^a   Rupa Kumar, K ^b   Rajeevan, M ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Northwest India; Precipitation epochs; Precipitation variability; Rabi crops; Western disturbances; Witer precipitation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP PRODUCTION; GLACIER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WINTER;

INDIA;

EID: 84863090161     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-012-0184-8     Document Type: Article

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