Seasonal variation of the diurnal cycle of rainfall in the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 117-122

  Ramesh Kumar, M R ^a   Pednekar, S M ^a   Katsumata, M ^b   Antony, M K ^a   Kuroda, Y ^b   Unnikrishnan, A S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 33646183909     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-005-0179-3     Document Type: Article

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