Severe rainstorms in the Vidarbha subdivision of Maharashtra State, India

Climate Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 275-281

  Kulkarni, B D ^a   Nandargi, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Depth Area Duration (DAD); Probable maximum precipitation (PMP); Rainstorm

Indexed keywords

EID: 9644301231     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr006275     Document Type: Article

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