Rainfall variability over Bangladesh and Nepal: Comparison and connections with features over India

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 689-703

  Kripalani, R H ^a   Inamdar, Sushama ^a   Sontakke, N A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Empirical orthogonal functions; Monsoon rainfall variability; Nepal

Indexed keywords

COMPARISON; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; MONSOON; RAINFALL FLUCTUATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BANGLADESH; INDIA; NEPAL;

EID: 0030424919     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199606)16:6<689::AID-JOC36>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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