Relationship between atmospheric conditions at Dhaka, Bangladesh, and rainfall at Cherrapunjee, India

Natural Hazards

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 399-410

  Murata, Fumie ^a   Terao, Toru ^b   Hayashi, Taiichi ^c   Asada, Haruhisa ^c   Matsumoto, Jun ^d  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flood; Heavy rainfall; Indian monsoon

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DIURNAL VARIATION; EKMAN LAYER; FLOOD; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; WESTERLY; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHERRAPUNJI; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; MEGHALAYA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 38649137271     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-007-9125-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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