Analysing temporal trends in the Indian Summer Monsoon and its variability at a fine spatial resolution

Climatic Change

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 119-131

  Duncan, J M A ^a   Dash, J ^a   Atkinson, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DROUGHT;

DAILY PRECIPITATIONS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; MANN-KENDALL TEST; PRECIPITATION DATA; SIGNIFICANCE TEST; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

WATER RESOURCES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUMMER; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

INDIA;

EID: 84873715756     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0537-y     Document Type: Article

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