Observed and projected urban extreme rainfall events in India

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 119, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 12,621-12,641

  Ali, Haider ^a   Mishra, Vimal ^a   Pai, D S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GANDHINAGAR   (India)

^b Office of Climate Research and Services   (India)

Author keywords

precipitation extremes; RCMs; storm water designs; urbanization

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EXTREME EVENT; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

INDIA;

EID: 84918497779     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022264     Document Type: Article

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