Analysis of Hawaiian diurnal rainfall patterns

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 209-214

  Roy, Shouraseni Sen ^a   Balling Jr , Robert C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

HAWAIIA;

EID: 20444457966     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-004-0075-2     Document Type: Article

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