Trends in extreme daily rainfall and temperature indices over South Asia

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1625-1637

  Sheikh, M M ^a   Manzoor, N ^a,b   Ashraf, J ^a   Adnan, M ^a   Collins, D ^c   Hameed, S ^d   Manton, M J ^e   Ahmed, A U ^f   Baidya, S K ^g   Borgaonkar, H P ^h   Islam, N ⁱ   Jayasinghearachchi, D ^j   Kothawale, D R ^h   Premalal, K H M S ^j   Revadekar, J V ^h   Shrestha, M L ^k  

^a Global Change Impact Studies Centre   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (Pakistan)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Centre for Global Change   (Bangladesh)

^g Technology and Environment   (Nepal)

^h INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

ⁱ SAARC Meteorological Research Centre   (Bangladesh)

^j Bauddhaloka Mawatha   (Sri Lanka)

^k NEPAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nepal)

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Author keywords

Atmospheric brown clouds; Extreme indices; Hotspot; Indo Gangetic Plain

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

DAILY TEMPERATURES; EXTREME INDICES; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; HOT SPOT; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; INDO-GANGETIC PLAINS; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84930381081     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4081     Document Type: Article

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