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Characteristic Features of Precipitation Extremes over India in the Warming Scenarios
Joint Authors
Patwardhan, S. K.
Rupa Kumar, K.
Revadekar, J. V.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-06-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The detection of possible changes in extreme climate events, in terms of the frequency, intensity as well as duration assumes profound importance on the local, regional, and national scales, due to the associated critical socioeconomic consequences.
Therefore, an attempt is made in this paper to evaluate various aspects of future projections of precipitation extremes over India, as projected by a state-of-art regional climate modeling system, known as PRECIS (Providing REgional Climates for Impacts Studies) towards the end of the 21st century (that is, 2071–2100) using standardized indices.
Study reveals that PRECIS simulations under scenarios of increasing greenhouse gas concentration and sulphate aerosols indicate marked increase in precipitation towards the end of the 21st century and is expected to increase throughout the year.
However the changes in daily precipitation and the precipitation extremes during summer monsoon (June through September) season are prominent than during the rest of year.
PRECIS simulations under both A2 and B2 scenarios indicate increase in frequency of heavy precipitation events and also enhancement in their intensity towards the end of the 21st century.
Both A2 and B2 scenarios show similar patterns of projected changes in the precipitation extremes towards the end of the 21st century.
However, the magnitudes of changes in B2 scenario are on the lower side.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Revadekar, J. V.& Patwardhan, S. K.& Rupa Kumar, K.. 2011. Characteristic Features of Precipitation Extremes over India in the Warming Scenarios. Advances in Meteorology،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-448756
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Revadekar, J. V.…[et al.]. Characteristic Features of Precipitation Extremes over India in the Warming Scenarios. Advances in Meteorology No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-448756
American Medical Association (AMA)
Revadekar, J. V.& Patwardhan, S. K.& Rupa Kumar, K.. Characteristic Features of Precipitation Extremes over India in the Warming Scenarios. Advances in Meteorology. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-448756
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-448756