Prediction of Indian summer monsoon rainfall using surface temperature and sea-level pressure cluster parameters

Current Science

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 964-969

  Kakade, S B ^a   Kulkarni, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cluster parameters; Effective strength index; Rainfall prediction; Sea level pressure; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885789553     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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