Anatomy of Indian heatwaves

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Ratnam, J V ^a   Behera, Swadhin K ^a   Ratna, Satyaban B ^a   Rajeevan, M ^b   Yamagata, Toshio ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; COOLING; GILL; INDIA; MOTION; NORTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84964389768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep24395     Document Type: Article

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