Effect of orography on precipitation in the western Himalayan region

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 183-206

  Singh, Pratap ^a,b   Kumar, Naresh ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RAIN; SNOW;

EXTRAPOLATION; HIMALAYAN; OROGRAPHY;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL; SNOWFALL;

INDIA, HIMALAYAS, BEAS RIVER BASIN; INDIA, HIMALAYAS, SATLUJ RIVER BASIN;

EID: 0031543369     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03222-2     Document Type: Article

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