Intraseasonal variation of monsoon activities associated with the rainfall over Bangladesh during the 1995 summer monsoon season

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D24, 2000, Pages 29445-29459

  Ohsawa, Teruo ^a,c   Hayashi, Taiichi ^a   Mitsuta, Yasushi ^a   Matsumoto, Jun ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONSOON; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0034451775     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900499     Document Type: Article

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