Relationships between Rainy Days, Mean Daily Intensity and Seasonal Rainfall in Normal, Flood and Drought Years over India

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 424-432

  Singh, C V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Linear relationship; Logarithmic relationship; Mean daily rainfall intensity; Monsoon rainfall; Seasonal rainfall

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345960960     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-998-0012-x     Document Type: Article

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