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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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