Effect of spatial correlation on regional trends in rain events over India

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 497-505

  Kulkarni, Makarand A ^a   Singh, Ankita ^b   Mohanty, U C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DATA SET; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

INDIA;

EID: 84864483893     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0602-5     Document Type: Article

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