Analyses of rainfall using probability distribution and Markov chain models for crop planning in Daspalla region in Odisha, India

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 517-528

  Mandal, K G ^a   Padhi, J ^b   Kumar, A ^a   Ghosh, S ^a   Panda, D K ^a   Mohanty, R K ^a   Raychaudhuri, M ^a  

^a ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF WATER MANAGEMENT   (India)

^b KIIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 84938744449     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-014-1259-z     Document Type: Article

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