Rainfall variability and trends in different agroclimatic zones of Bihar, India

Authors

  • ANAND SHANKAR Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Patna, India; and India Meteorological Department, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India, Patna
  • MANU RAJ SHARMA University Department of Geography, Advanced Research Centre, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga, Bihar, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54386/jam.v27i1.2686

Keywords:

Agroclimatic zones, Rainfall variability , Mann-Kendall test, Trend analysis, Monsoon

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01-03-2025

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SHANKAR, A., & SHARMA, M. R. (2025). Rainfall variability and trends in different agroclimatic zones of Bihar, India. Journal of Agrometeorology, 27(1), 100–103. https://doi.org/10.54386/jam.v27i1.2686

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Vol. 27 No. 1 (2025): March

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