Trends in Peninsular Malaysia rainfall data during the southwest monsoon and northeast monsoon seasons: 1975-2004

Sains Malaysiana

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 533-542

  Suhaila, Jamaludin ^a   Deni, Sayang Mohd ^b   Zawiah Zin, W A N ^c   Jemain, Abdul Aziz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Extreme indices; Frequency of wet days; Mann Kendall test; Rainfall intensity; Total amount of rainfall

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956294594     PISSN: 01266039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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