Spatial and temporal variations of precipitation in and around Bangladesh

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-39

  Islam, Md Nazrul ^a   Terao, Toru ^b   Uyeda, Hiroshi ^c   Hayashi, Taiichi ^d   Kikuchi, Katsuhiro ^e  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b OSAKA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 17744375570     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.83.21     Document Type: Article

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