Observed climate variability and change over the Indian Region
The objective of the book is to make a comprehensive documentation of the observed variability and change of the regional climate system over the Indian region using the past observed data. The book addresses all the important parameters of regional climate system so that a physically consistent vie...
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| Other Authors | , |
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
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Singapore :
Springer,
2016, ©2017.
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9789811025310 9789811025303 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (326 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Editors and Contributors; Executive Summary; Rainfall; Temperature; Extreme Rainfall and Rainstorms; Heat and Cold Waves; Meteorological Droughts; Tropical Cyclones and Monsoon Depressions; Total Cloud Cover; Moisture Content; Radiative Fluxes; Sea Surface Temperature, Ocean Circulation; Sea Level; Glaciers and Snow Cover; Atmospheric Aerosol; Ozone and Related Trace Gases; Paleoclimatic Records of Past Monsoons; Regional Climate Change Scenarios; 1 Observed Variability and Long-Term Trends of Rainfall Over India; 1 Introduction.
- 2 Brief Review of the Past Work3 Data Used and Methodology; 4 Observed Changes in Rainfall Pattern; 4.1 Trend and Variability in All India Rainfall; 4.2 Trends and Variability on Regional Scale; 5 Trends in North-east Monsoon Rainfall; 6 Change Point or Climate Jump in the South-west Monsoon Rainfall Over India; 7 Conclusions; References; 2 Variability and Long-Term Changes in Surface Air Temperatures Over the Indian Subcontinent; 1 Introduction; 2 Review of Past Work Done; 2.1 Data and Methodology; 3 Results and Discussions; 3.1 Annual Trend of All India Temperatures.
- 3.2 Seasonal Temperatures3.3 Spatial Patterns of Temperature Trends; Annual Temperatures; Spatial Trends in the Seasonal Temperatures; 4 Trend in Upper-Air Temperatures; 5 Summary; References; 3 Variability and Trends of Extreme Rainfall and Rainstorms; 1 Introduction; 2 Data and Methodology; 3 Result and Analysis; 3.1 Changes in the Frequency of Rainfall Events of Different Intensities in States; 3.2 Trends of Extreme Rainfall Events Based on Gridded Data; 3.3 Rainstorms; 4 Conclusions; References; 4 Heat and Cold Waves Over India; 1 Introduction; 2 Definition of HW and CW.
- 3 Data and Methodology4 Heat Wave (HW)/Severe Heat Wave (SHW); 4.1 Climatology and Decadal Variation; Frequency of the HW/SHW Days; Persistency of HW/SHW Conditions; Spatial Coverage of the HW/SHW; 4.2 HW/SHW Days and ENSO; 4.3 Trends in the Seasonal HW Days; 4.4 Trends in the Total HW/SHW Days Over Core HW Zone (CHZ); 5 CW/SCW; 5.1 Climatology and Decadal Variation; Frequency of the CW/SCW Days; Persistency of CW/SCW Events; Spatial Coverage of the CW/SCW; 5.2 ENSO and CW Days; 5.3 Trends in the Station-Wise Seasonal CW/SCW Days; 5.4 Trends in the Total CW/SCW Days Over CCZ; 6 Conclusions.