Space-time variation and regionalization of seasonal and monthly summer monsoon rainfall of the sub-Himalayan region and Gangetic plains of India

Climate Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 251-262

  Singh, K K ^a   Singh, S V ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTING   (India)

Author keywords

Monsoon rainfall regionalization; Principal components (PCs); Rotated principal components (RPCs); Spatial coherence; Sub Himalayan region and Gangetic plains

Indexed keywords

EID: 9644260770     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr006251     Document Type: Article

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