Projected changes in mean and extreme precipitation indices over India using PRECIS

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 77-90

  Rao, K Koteswara ^a   Patwardhan, S K ^a   Kulkarni, Ashwini ^a   Kamala, K ^a   Sabade, S S ^a   Kumar, K Krishna ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; Indian climate; Precipitation extremes; PRECIS

Indexed keywords

EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS; FINE-SCALE STRUCTURES; INDIAN CLIMATE; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; PRECIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; GLOBAL WARMING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

RAIN;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

INDIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84892386118     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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