Impacts of urbanization on Indian summer monsoon rainfall extremes

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 495-516

  Shastri, Hiteshri ^a,b   Paul, Supantha ^a   Ghosh, Subimal ^a   Karmakar, Subhankar ^a,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b CHAROTAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; SEASONALITY; URBANIZATION; ZONAL FLOW;

INDIA;

EID: 84923122937     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022061     Document Type: Article

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