Regional projections of North Indian climate for adaptation studies

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mathison, Camilla ^a   Wiltshire, Andrew ^a   Dimri, A P ^b   Falloon, Pete ^a   Jacob, Daniela ^f   Kumar, Pankaj ^f   Moors, Eddy ^c   Ridley, Jeff ^a   Siderius, Christian ^c   Stoffel, Markus ^d,e   Yasunari, T ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brahmaputra; Climate; Ganges; Models; Monsoon; Regional

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CATCHMENTS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; MODELS; RUNOFF;

BRAHMAPUTRA; CLIMATE; GANGES; MONSOON; REGIONAL;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MONSOON; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RUNOFF; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; INDIAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOIL PROPERTY;

GANGES DELTA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

BRAHMAPUTRA; CLIMATE; GANGES; MODELS; MONSOON; REGIONAL;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; FORECASTING; INDIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84891743201     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.066     Document Type: Article

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