Spatial variations in the diurnal patterns of winter precipitation in India

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 347-356

  Sen Roy, Shouraseni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; WINTER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67349248418     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-008-0045-1     Document Type: Article

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