Pulse of climate change in Indian Sundarbans: A myth or reality?

National Academy Science Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 19-25

  Mitra, A ^a   Banerjee, K ^a   Sengupta, K ^a   Gangopadhyay, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydro logical parameters; Indian Sundarbans

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651183659     PISSN: 0250541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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