A positive 'amount effect' in the Sahayadri (Western Ghats) rainfall

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 560-564

  Yadava, M G ^a   Ramesh, R ^a   Pandarinath, K ^b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amount effect; Oxygen isotopic ratio; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548700162     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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