On the role of the cross equatorial flow on summer monsoon rainfall over India using NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 201-213

  Ramesh Kumar, M R ^a   Shenoi, S S C ^a   Schluessel, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 0033242991     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007030050034     Document Type: Article

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