18 O depletion in monsoon rain relates to large scale organized convection rather than the amount of rainfall

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Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lekshmy, P R ^a   Midhun, M ^a   Ramesh, R ^a   Jani, R A ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

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EID: 84904295795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05661     Document Type: Article

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