Precipitatioon trends in Sri Lanka since the 1870s and relationships to El Niño-southern oscillation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1235-1252

  Malmgren, Björn A ^a   Hulugalla, Ranatunge ^b,c   Hayashi, Yousay ^b   Mikami, Takehiko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ENSO relationship; Monsoon seasons; Precipitation; Sri Lanka; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN;

MONSOON;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0041924035     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.921     Document Type: Article

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