Spatial and temporal variability of rainfall over the south-west coast of Bangladesh

Climate

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 28-46

  Hossain, Md Sarwar ^a   Roy, Kushal ^b   Datta, Dilip Kumar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Rain fed agriculture; Rainfall trends; Step change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956598572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22251154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cli2020028     Document Type: Article

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