Changing trends of thermal extremes in Pakistan

Climatic Change

Volumn 113, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 883-896

  Zahid, Maida ^a   Rasul, Ghulam ^a  

^a PAKISTAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALOCHISTAN; CHANGING TRENDS; EXTREME EVENTS; HEAT WAVES; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA; TEMPERATURE THRESHOLDS;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DROUGHT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THRESHOLD; TREND ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 84864290543     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0390-4     Document Type: Article

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