Trends of wet spells over Peninsular Malaysia during monsoon seasons

Sains Malaysiana

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-142

  Deni, Sayang Mohd ^a   Suhaila, Jamaludin ^b   Zin, Wan Zawiah Wan ^c   Jemain, Abdul Aziz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Indices; Mann Kendall trend test; Persistency; Wet spells

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449134451     PISSN: 01266039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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