The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and seasonal flooding - Bangladesh

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 105-124

  Chowdhury, M Rashed ^a,b  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

^b Flood Forecasting and Warning Center ^*  (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLOODING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0346965266     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-003-0001-z     Document Type: Article

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