Latitudinal precipitation characteristics and trends in Pakistan

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 492, Issue , 2013, Pages 266-272

  Hanif, M ^a   Khan, Azmat Hayyat ^a   Adnan, Shahzada ^a  

^a PAKISTAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Latitudinal; Precipitation; Statistical methods; Variability; Vulnerable

Indexed keywords

LATITUDINAL; NON-PARAMETRIC STATISTICAL METHODS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS; PRECIPITATION TRENDS; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; VARIABILITY; VULNERABLE;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STATISTICAL METHODS;

RAIN;

CLIMATE VARIATION; LATITUDE; MONSOON; PARAMETERIZATION; POLICY MAKING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 84878507191     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.03.040     Document Type: Article

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