Characteristics of monsoon precipitation systems in and around Bangladesh

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1042-1055

  Rafiuddin, M ^a,b   Uyeda, Hiroshi ^a   Islam, M Nazrul ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Characteristics of precipitation systems; Monsoon; Pre monsoon; Precipitation systems; Radar

Indexed keywords

AREAL COVERAGE; AVERAGE SPEED; BANGLADESH; MONSOON; MONSOON PRECIPITATION; MONSOON RAINFALL; MONSOON SYSTEM; PRE-MONSOON; PRECIPITATION SYSTEMS; PROPAGATION SPEED; RADAR DATA; TYPE SYSTEMS;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; RADAR; SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; RAINFALL;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 77953031240     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1949     Document Type: Article

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