Differing estimates of observed Bangladesh summer rainfall

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1106-1114

  Cash, Benjamin A ^a   Rodó, Xavier ^b   Kinter III, James L ^a   Fennessy, Michael J ^a   Doty, Brian ^a  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE DATA; SUMMER;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 56349139462     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM928.1     Document Type: Article

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