Premonsoon precipitation variability in Kumaon Himalaya, India over a perspective of ~300 years

Quaternary International

Volumn 325, Issue , 2014, Pages 213-219

  Yadav, Ram R ^a   Misra, Krishna G ^a   Kotlia, Bahadur S ^b   Upreti, Neha ^b  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

^b KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREE RING; WATER DEMAND; WATER STRESS;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; KUMAUN HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 84896129984     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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