Analysis of rainfall and temperature trends in northeast India

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 968-978

  Jain, S K ^a   Kumar, Vijay ^b,c   Saharia, M ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SILCHAR   (India)

Author keywords

Northeast India; Rainfall; Temperature; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL; MEAN TEMPERATURE; NORTHEAST INDIA; NORTHEAST REGIONS; POST-MONSOON; RAINFALL DATA; REGIONAL SCALE; SEASONAL TRENDS; SIMILAR ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DATA; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; TEMPERATURE VARIABLES; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER AND ENERGIES;

CLIMATOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; TEMPERATURE;

RAIN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MONSOON; RAINFALL; TREND ANALYSIS;

INDIA;

EID: 84874789606     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3483     Document Type: Article

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