Weakening of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall due to Changes in Land Use Land Cover

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Paul, Supantha ^a   Ghosh, Subimal ^a   Oglesby, Robert ^b,c   Pathak, Amey ^a   Chandrasekharan, Anita ^a   Ramsankaran, Raaj ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 84984670459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep32177     Document Type: Article

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