ENSO relationship to the rainfall of Sri Lanka

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 859-871

  Kane, R P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0032581029     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(19980630)18:8<859::AID-JOC264>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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