A Markov chain probability model to describe wet and dry patterns of weather at Colombo

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 333-340

  Sonnadara, D U J ^a   Jayewardene, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

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EID: 84894100730     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-014-1117-z     Document Type: Article

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