The South-Flood North-Drought Pattern over Eastern China and the Drying of the Gangetic Plain

World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages 347-359

  Nigam, Sumant ^a   Zhao, Yongjing ^a   Ruiz Barradas, Alfredo ^a   Zhou, Tianjun ^b  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 85016241730     PISSN: 20102763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
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