Some Studies on the Frequency of Extreme Weather Events over India | ||
| Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology | ||
| Article 14, Volume 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1343-1356 PDF (527.87 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| T. V. Lakshmi Kumar* 1; H. Barbosa2; K. Koteswara Rao3; E. Prabha Jothi4 | ||
| 1Department of Physics, SRM University, Kattankulathur, India. | ||
| 2Universidade Federal de Alagoas – UFAL, Maceió, AL–Brasil. | ||
| 3Climatology and Hydrometeorology Division, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, India. | ||
| 4Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre, Bangalore, India. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The authors of the present paper studied some aspects of hydro and agrometeorological phenomena in terms of humidness, dryness and crop growing periods over India. Revised water balance model is used to obtain the above and the results are examined during the two half centuries i.e 1901 to 1950 and 1951 to 1995 in delineating the climate change impacts over India. Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) for All India is related to aridity and humidity indices to understand the dry and wet spells over India. The paper also holds its stand on the analysis and the trends of thermo and hygric components such as precipitation, maximum and minimum temperatures, water need, actual evapotranspiration and soil moisture for All India. The return rates of All India maximum and minimum rainfall and temperatures are obtained for different time intervals using Extreme Value Analysis, that might be useful in assessing the impact and thereby to plan over the risk management for the better environmental and thus the human sustainability. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Crop growing periods; Extreme value analysis; Drought indices; Water balance elements; PDSI | ||
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