Prevailing weather conditions during summer seasons around Gangotri Glacier

Current Science

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 753-760

  Singh, Pratap ^a   Haritashya, Umesh K ^b   Ramasastri, K S ^a   Kumar, Naresh ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

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