Observed climate variability and change over the Indian Region. (2016 ©2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by M.N. Rajeevan, Shailesh Nayak.
• Other Names: Nair, Madhavan Rajeevan; Nayak, Shailesh
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (326 pages)
• Subjects: 363.738/74; 550; Earth sciences; Climatic changes -- India; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Climatic changes; Science -- Global Warming & Climate Change; Science -- Environmental Science; The environment; Climate change; Climatic changes; Science -- Earth Sciences -- General; Earth sciences; India; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811025310; 9811025312
• Related ISBNs: 9789811025303; 9811025304
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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