Occurrence of heavy rainfall around the confluence line in monsoon disturbances and its importance in causing floods

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 87-94

  Nageswara Rao, G ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Confluence line; Heavy rainfall, floods; Monsoon disturbances

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL;

ASIA; EURASIA; GODAVARI BASIN; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 29144504288     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02702232     Document Type: Article

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