Impact of monsoon rainfall on the total foodgrain yield over India

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1129-1145

  Prasanna, V ^a  

^a APEC Climate Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Active break cycle; All india foodgrain production; All india rainfall; Kharif and Rabi crop yields; Soil moisture; Southwest and northeast monsoons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906055436     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-014-0444-x     Document Type: Article

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