Appraisal of historical trends in maximum and minimum temperature using multiple non-parametric techniques over the

Sabyasachi Swain1, Surendra Kumar Mishra2, Ashish Pandey2

  • 1Department of Water Resources Development and Management, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, India. sabyasachiswain1991@gmail.com.

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