Monsoons

Extreme rainfall events: Vulnerability analysis for disaster management and observation system design

Extreme rainfall events today pose a serious threat to many populated and urbanized areas worldwide; an accurate estimate of frequency and distribution of these events can significantly aid policy planning and observation system design. We report here a first-ever high-resolution (10 KM) analysis of heavy rainfall episodes (defined as 24-hour rainfall exceeding 250 mm) over the Indian region.

Publication Date:

01/03/2007

Author(s): P Goswami, K V Ramesh

Source: CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation

Tags:

Land Use, Weather Predictions, Monsoons, Natural Disasters, Disaster Management, Urbanisation, Remote Sensing, India, Rainfall Pattern, Rainfall

Climate Change

Some studies of interannual variation of southwest monsoon over Gangetic plain

Some teleconnections studies between the monsoon rainfall over four meteorological subdivisions namely, plains of west U.P., East U.P., Bihar Plains and Gangetic West Bengal, thus constituting an area of U.P., adjoining Bihar and West Bengal and different thickness anomaly and geopotential heights over several levels in the troposphere over India have been carried out to find some useful predictive parameters for the long range prediction of monsoon rainfall.

Publication Date:

28/02/2007

Author(s): S.N. Pandey, R. Bhatla, R.K. Mall

Source: National Geographical Journal of India

Vol:

53

Issue:

1

pp:

49

Tags:

Indo-Gangetic Plains, El Nino, Weather Predictions, Monsoons, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, India, Rainfall Pattern

India

Indus delta celebrates rains

ON September 22, around 50,000 people gathered at Kharo Chaan, 150 km southeast of Karachi in Pakistan, for quite an unprecedented festival

Publication Date:

14/01/2007

Author(s): Shahid Husain

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Freshwater Ecosystems, Indus, Mangroves, Arabian Sea, Dams, Sedimentation, Riverine Ecology, Monsoons, Floods, Life Science, Pakistan, Rainfall

Climate Change

Climate change a market failure

Time was when climate change was a debate among scientists. Now, economists are looking at its costs. There is a warning or two for India. It has to do with the monsoon and the glaciers that feed Himalayan rivers. While the monsoon's behaviour is ch

Publication Date:

14/12/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20061215

pp:

0

Tags:

Glaciers, Monsoons, Climate Change, Climate Economics, Climate Impacts, India

Climate Change

Gone berserk

Monsoon s changing intensity and course

Publication Date:

14/12/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20061215

pp:

0

Tags:

Monsoons, Climate Change, Global Warming, Himachal Pradesh, Lahul & Spiti, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh

Climate Change

Increasing trend of extreme rain events over India in a warming environment

Against a backdrop of rising global surface temperature, the stability of the Indian monsoon rainfall over the past century has been a puzzle.

Publication Date:

01/12/2006

Author(s): B. N. Goswami, V. Venugopal, D. Sengupta & et al

Source: Science

Vol:

314

Issue:

5804

pp:

1442

Tags:

Monsoons, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Impacts, India, Rainfall Pattern

Climate Change

Irrigation influences monsoon, says study

monsoon distribution in the country is significantly influenced by irrigated agriculture. Scientists are now trying to figure out how vegetation and atmosphere interact and how it affects the

Publication Date:

14/11/2006

Author(s): Archita Bhatta

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Irrigation, Monsoons, Climate Change, Research, India, Global, Rainfall Pattern

Environment

Uneven rainfall

THE total seasonal rainfall during the year's southwest monsoon (June 1 to September 30) for the country as a whole was 99 per cent of its long-period average (LPA), which, being within plus or minus 10 per cent of the LPA, can be termed as a `normal' monsoon.

Publication Date:

03/11/2006

Author(s): R. Ramachandran

Source: Frontline (Chennai)

Tags:

Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, North East, Monsoons, Drought, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Arunachal, Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh, Rainfall Pattern

Environment

Monitoring monsoon

The skewed pattern of rainfall experienced across the country during this year's monsoon appears to be an anomaly.

Publication Date:

03/11/2006

Source: Frontline (Chennai)

Tags:

Monsoons, Global Warming, Floods, Drought, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Rainfall Pattern

India

El Nino, Indian monsoons may be linked

scientists claim to have solved the mystery of links between El Nino and monsoons in India, a development that can lead to more accurate weather forecasts. This was published online in Science's

Publication Date:

30/10/2006

Author(s): Ritu Gupta

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

El Nino, Monsoons, Climate Change, Global Warming, Research, India, Statistics, Rainfall Pattern