Enhanced future variability during India's rainy season

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3242-3247

  Menon, Arathy ^a,b   Levermann, Anders ^a,b   Schewe, Jacob ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

CMIP 5; monsoon; variability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; CMIP-5; DAY-TO-DAY VARIABILITY; INDIAN MONSOON RAINFALL; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; MONSOON; VARIABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELS; FLOODS; GLOBAL WARMING; WATER SUPPLY;

RAIN;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FLOODING; FUTURE PROSPECT; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; WARMING; WATER SUPPLY;

INDIA;

EID: 84880546258     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50583     Document Type: Article

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