The state of Kerala in the southwestern corner of the Indian peninsula is climatically unique in many respects because of the impact of the Western Ghat Mountains. This results in a wide range of climates and the associated marked gradient in the annual total of rainfall which ranges from ~6000 mm at the crest of Western Ghat, to as low as 600 mm in the valley portion. Such a gradient in annual total rainfall is also associated with a wide range of rainfall intensities during storms which can result
in extreme flood-producing events that severely affect human society. The study analyses the annual series of precipitation maxima which have been observed within a dense raingauge network covering entire Western Ghat part of Kerala.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/regional-analysis-rainfall-extremes-part-western-ghat-india
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/et-al
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/b-venkatesh
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/m-bonell
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/bk-purandara
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/national-institute-hydrology
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/western-ghats
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/extreme-weather-events
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall-pattern
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall
