Impact of altitude and latitude on changes in temperature extremes over South Asia during 1971-2000

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 199-209

  Revadekar, J V ^a   Hameed, S ^b   Collins, D ^c   Manton, M ^d   Sheikh, M ^e   Borgaonkar, H P ^a   Kothawale, D R ^a   Adnan, M ^e   Ahmed, A U ^f   Ashraf, J ^e   Baidya, S ^g   Islam, N ^f   Jayasinghearachchi, D ^h   Manzoor, N ^e   Premalal, K H M S ^h   Shreshta, M L ^g  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Global Change Impact Studies Centre   (Pakistan)

^f Centre for Global Change   (Bangladesh)

^g Technology and Environment   (Nepal)

^h Bauddhaloka Mawatha   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Altitude; Latitude; South Asia; Temperature extremes

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BANGLADESH; DAILY TEMPERATURES; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; EXTREME TEMPERATURE INDICES; LATITUDE; LOW ALTITUDES; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; STATION NETWORK; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WEATHER OBSERVATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELEVATION; EXTREME EVENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; LATITUDE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS; WARMING;

BANGLADESH; CHITRAL; GALLE; INDIA; KHYBER-PAKHTUNKHWA; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; SOUTHERN PROVINCE [SRI LANKA]; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84871607242     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3418     Document Type: Article

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