Teleconnections: Northern hemisphere lower stratospheric geopotential heights and Indian monsoon rainfall

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 195-203

  Kripalani, R H ^a   Kulkarni, Ashwini ^a   Inamdar, S R ^a   Prasad, K D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

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EID: 0033239708     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01030421     Document Type: Article

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