A study of floods in the Brahmaputra basin in India

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 771-781

  Dhar, O N ^a   Nandargi, Shobha ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Brahmaputra basin; Cyclonic disturbances; Floods; Seasonal monsoon trough; Southwest monsoon; Trans Himalayan rivers

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; FLOODING; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MONSOON;

INDIA;

EID: 0033948238     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0088(20000615)20:7<771::AID-JOC518>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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