Hydrologic changes in Indian subcontinental river basins (1901-2012)

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2667-2687

  Shah, Harsh L ^a   Mishra, Vimal ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GANDHINAGAR   (India)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Hydrologic models

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

INDIA;

EID: 84994893392     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-15-0231.1     Document Type: Article

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