Increase in the pre-monsoon rainfall over the Indian summer monsoon region

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 313-318

  Sathiyamoorthy, V ^a   Shukla, Bipasha Paul ^a   Pal, P K ^a  

^a Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Indian monsoon; Pre monsoon; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER;

INDIA;

EID: 79952786295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.302     Document Type: Article

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