An appraisal of precipitation distribution in the high-altitude catchments of the Indus basin

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 548-549, Issue , 2016, Pages 289-306

  Dahri, Zakir Hussain ^a,b   Ludwig, Fulco ^b   Moors, Eddy ^b,c   Ahmad, Bashir ^a   Khan, Asif ^d,e,f   Kabat, Pavel ^b,f  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^f INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bias correction; Gridded precipitation products; High altitude areas; Indus basin; Precipitation distribution

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; INTERPOLATION; RAIN GAGES; RUNOFF;

BIAS CORRECTION; HIGH-ALTITUDE AREAS; INDUS BASIN; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CATCHMENT; CORRECTION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

INDUS BASIN; KARAKORAM;

EID: 84955241625     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.001     Document Type: Article

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