Soil moisture droughts under the retrospective and projected climate in India

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2267-2292

  Mishra, Vimal ^a   Shah, Reepal ^a   Thrasher, Bridget ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GANDHINAGAR   (India)

^b Climate Analytics Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Climate models; Land surface model; Statistical techniques; Trends

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; CROP PRODUCTION; DROUGHT; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; TREND ANALYSIS;

GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA;

EID: 84915771568     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-0177.1     Document Type: Article

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