Development of a new high spatial resolution (0.25° × 0.25°) long period (1901-2010) daily gridded rainfall data set over India and its comparison with existing data sets over the region

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Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-18

  Pai, D S ^a   Sridhar, Latha ^b   Rajeevan, M ^a   Sreejith, O P ^a   Satbhai, N S ^a   Mukhopadhyay, B ^a  

^a Office of Climate Research and Services   (India)

^b MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Gridded rainfall data; Hydrological cycle; Orographic regions; Rain gauge; Rainfall variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901927735     PISSN: 02529416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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