Possible future changes in cyclonic storms in the Bay of Bengal, India under warmer climate

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1267-1277

  Parth Sarthi, P ^a   Agrawal, Anubha ^b   Rana, A ^c  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BIHAR   (India)

^b TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; High emission scenario A2; PRECIS; Storm

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; LOCATION; STATISTICAL TESTS;

BAY OF BENGAL; BAY OF BENGAL , INDIA; CHI-SQUARE TESTS; EMISSION SCENARIO; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; POSSIBLE FUTURES; PRECIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELLING;

STORMS;

EID: 84930381259     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4053     Document Type: Article

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