Time-space characteristics of seasonal and interannual variations of atmospheric water balance over South Asia

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 263-287

  Prasanna, Venkatraman ^a   Yasunari, Tetsuzo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; BAY OF BENGAL; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70349599179     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.87.263     Document Type: Article

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