Decrease in evaporation over the Indian monsoon region: Implication on regional hydrological cycle

Climatic Change

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 787-799

  Padmakumari, B ^a   Jaswal, A K ^b   Goswami, B N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b Ministry of Earth Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SCALE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; MOISTURE CONVERGENCE; MONSOON SEASON; PAN EVAPORATION; POTENTIAL EVAPORATION; SUMMER MONSOON; SURFACE OBSERVATION;

DROUGHT; EVAPORATION; MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

DRY SEASON; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

INDIA;

EID: 84888212945     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0957-3     Document Type: Article

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