Total rain accumulation and rain-rate analysis for small tropical Pacific islands: A case study of Suva, Fiji

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 53-58

  Kumar, Vickal V ^a   Deo, Ravinesh C ^a   Ramachandran, Visagaperuman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Rain rate exceedance; Rainfall structure; Tropical region

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; TROPICAL REGION;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SUVA; VITI LEVU;

EID: 33748994288     PISSN: 1530261X     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.131     Document Type: Article

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