Projected changes in climate over the Indus river basin using a high resolution regional climate model (PRECIS)

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 339-357

  Rajbhandari, R ^a   Shrestha, A B ^b   Kulkarni, A ^c   Patwardhan, S K ^c   Bajracharya, S R ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate projection; Future climate scenario; Himalaya region; Indus basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939895917     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2183-8     Document Type: Article

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