Statistical analysis of long term spatial and temporal trends of precipitation during 1901-2002 at Madhya Pradesh, India

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 136-149

  Duhan, Darshana ^a   Pandey, Ashish ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Cumulative deviations; India; Madhya Pradesh; Mann Kendall test; Pettit Mann Whitney test; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE DEVIATIONS; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; MANN-KENDALL TEST; PETTIT-MANN-WHITNEY TEST;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

RESEARCH;

PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH;

EID: 84871124643     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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