Pre-monsoon maximum and minimum temperatures over India in relation to the summer monsoon rainfall

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1115-1127

  Kumar, K Krishna ^a   Kumar, K Rupa ^a   Pant, G B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Correlation coefficient patterns; Indian summer monsoon rainfall; Interannual variability; Long range forecasting; Maximum minimum temperatures; Multiple regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039709037     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(199708)17:10<1115::aid-joc182>3.0.co;2-z     Document Type: Article

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