Role of intra-seasonal oscillations on monsoon floods and droughts over India

Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-28

  Kumar, O S R U Bhanu ^a   Rao, S Ramallngeswara ^a   Ranganathan, S ^b   Raju, S S ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MVGR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Drought; Flood; Intra seasonal oscillation; Monsoon rainfall; Wind field

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953527353     PISSN: 19767633     EISSN: 19767951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/sl3143-010-0003-6     Document Type: Article

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