Western Himalayan snow cover and Indian monsoon rainfall: A re-examination with INSAT and NCEP/NCAR data

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-18

  Kripalani, R H ^a   Kulkarni, Ashwini ^a   Sabade, S S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SNOW COVER;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 0037287299     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-002-0699-z     Document Type: Article

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