Diurnal variations in summer season precipitation in India

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 969-976

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal; Harmonics; India; Monsoon; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; INDIA; LANDFORMS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

DIURNAL CYCLE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; LOCAL CONVECTIVE PROCESSES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

DIURNAL VARIATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SUMMER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34250310847     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1458     Document Type: Article

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