12-14 September, 2011, Lucknow - Earth Science India
12-14 September, 2011, Lucknow - Earth Science India
12-14 September, 2011, Lucknow - Earth Science India
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National Conference on <strong>Science</strong> of Climate Change and <strong>Earth</strong>’s Sustainability: Issues and Challenges ‘A Scientist-People Partnership’<br />
<strong>12</strong>-<strong>14</strong> <strong>September</strong>, <strong>2011</strong>, <strong>Lucknow</strong><br />
winter time and monsoon phenomenon during summer time. The WDs influence the life<br />
of northwest Himalaya by causing heavy precipitation and subsequent avalanches over<br />
the region. Also, the impact of the weather events are enhanced by topography of the<br />
region, which makes the area more prone to cloud bursts, flash floods and landslides.<br />
Therefore, study of heavy precipitation is very important for this region.<br />
In the present study, frequency of rather heavy (>24.4 mm) and heavy (>64.4<br />
mm) precipitation events over northwest Himalaya has been studied using the available<br />
long term meteorological surface data (1901-2010) from <strong>India</strong> Meteorological<br />
Department (IMD). Three stations namely Srinagar, Qazi Gund and Banihal stations<br />
over northwest Himalaya have been considered due to their consistent long term daily<br />
data.<br />
The study shows that the frequencies of rather heavy precipitation events are<br />
maximum in the month of March over all the three stations. But in case of frequencies<br />
of heavy precipitation events, Qazi Gund and Banihal receive in the month of March<br />
and the Srinagar receives in the month of December. The least number of rather heavy<br />
and heavy precipitation events occur in month of October over Qazi Gund and Banihal<br />
and in month of November over Srinagar. November month was found free from heavy<br />
precipitation events over Srinagar and in October over Banihal. Analysis of data shows<br />
that there is an increasing trend in rather heavy and heavy annual precipitation events<br />
over Srinagar and decreasing trend over Banihal and Qazi Gund.<br />
Seasonwise, there is an increasing trend in rather heavy precipitation events over<br />
Srinagar in all the seasons except winter. However, trend is statistically significant<br />
(95% confidence level) for post-monsoon season only. But in case of Banihal, there is<br />
opposite trend in rather heavy precipitation events, which shows a decreasing trend in<br />
all the seasons except winter. Over Qazi Gund, trend is increasing for winter and<br />
monsoon seasons and decreasing trend for pre-monsoon and post-monsoon seasons.<br />
Trend of heavy precipitation events also studied in the paper. Results are presented in<br />
detail in the paper.<br />
IMPACT ANALYSIS OF CLIMATIC CHANGE ON<br />
RAINFALL PATTERN USING CLOUD IMAGES<br />
K. Murali, K.R. Jothi and S. Oswalt Manoj<br />
Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology, Pachapalayam, Perur Chettipalayam, Coimbatore - 641010<br />
email: murali.vlb@gmail.com, krjothi@yahoo.com, oswaltmanoj1986@gmail.com<br />
Water is elixir of life. So rainfall becomes the inevitable part of every nation<br />
which decides the prosperity and economic scenario of a country. In this fast moving<br />
world, estimation of rainfall has become a necessity especially when the global heat<br />
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