Trends and fluctuations of rainfall regime in the Brahmaputra and Barak basins of Assam, India

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 61-71

  Deka, R L ^a   Mahanta, C ^a   Pathak, H ^b   Nath, K K ^c   Das, S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^b Regional Meteorological Centre   (India)

^c ASSAM AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; FLOOD; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

ASSAM; BARAK RIVER; BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN; INDIA;

EID: 84884589538     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0820-x     Document Type: Article

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