On the variability and prediction of rainfall in the post-monsoon season over India

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 309-339

  Singh, Nityanand ^a   Sontakke, N A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

El Nino; Extrapolation; Indian post monsoon rainfall variations; optimum rainfall observations; Prediction; Quasi Biennial Oscillation; Singular spectrum analysis; Southern Oscillation; Time series modelling; Variable harmonic analysis

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RAINFALL;

INDIA;

EID: 0033559676     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(19990315)19:3<309::aid-joc361>3.0.co;2-#     Document Type: Article

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