Intense rainfall often leads to floods and landslides in the Himalayan region even with rainfall amounts that are considered comparatively moderate over the plains; for example, ‘cloudbursts’, which are devastating convective phenomena producing sudden high-intensity rainfall (∼10 cm per hour) over a small area. Early prediction and warning of such severe local weather systems is crucial to mitigate societal impact arising from the accompanying flash floods. We examine a cloudburst event in the Himalayan region at Shillagarh village in the early hours of 16 July 2003.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/simulation-himalayan-cloudburst-event
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/someshwar-das
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/raghavendra-ashrit
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/m-w-moncrieff
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/journal-earth-system-science
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall-pattern
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/himalaya
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/weather-predictions
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttaranchal-uttarakhand
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/western-himalaya
