Empirical study on Nimbus-7 snow mass and Indian summer monsoon rainfall

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-34

  Kripalani, R H ^a   Singh, S V ^a   Vernekar, A D ^b   Thapliyal, V ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Office of Climate Research and Services   (India)

Author keywords

Correlation; Indian monsoon rainfall; Nimbus 7; Snow mass

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING VARIABLE; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; SATELLITE SNOW OBSERVATION;

INDIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0029753274     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199601)16:1<23::AID-JOC988>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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