Rainfall atlas of India 1971-2020
India is in the tropical monsoon zone and received plenty of rainfall. Most of the annual rainfall occurs during the summer monsoon season (June-September) every year. However, the distribution of rainfall
Rainfall Pattern
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Characterizing precipitation events leading to surface water flood damage over large regions of complex terrain
<p>Surface water floods (SWFs) that lead to household losses are mainly localized phenomena. Research on describing the associated precipitation characteristics has previously been based on case studies
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Drought, floods are new normal in Karnataka
Bengaluru: Karnataka has been witnessing a drastic change in rainfall pattern and distribution over the past two decades, resulting in frequent drought, floods and untimely rain. According to a study
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The effects of climate extremes on global agricultural yields
<p>Climate extremes, such as droughts or heat waves, can lead to harvest failures and threaten the livelihoods of agricultural producers and the food security of communities worldwide.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/agricultural-yields-climate-extremes.pdf"
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Regional climate projections for impact assessment studies in East Africa
<p>In order to overcome limitations of climate projections from Global Climate Models (GCMs), such as coarse spatial resolution and biases, in this study, the Statistical Down-Scaling Model (SDSM) is used
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Emergence of robust precipitation changes across crop production areas in the 21st century
<p>Using 21st century climate model projections we show that for many crop-producing regions, average precipitation will change by more than the long-term natural variability, even under a low-emission
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Integrated Food Security Phase Classification: Technical manual version 3.0
<p>The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is a common global scale for classifying the severity and magnitude of food insecurity and malnutrition.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/food-security-nutrition.pdf"
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Pocket book of agricultural statistics 2018
Pocket Book of Agricultural Statistics, an abridged version of `Agricultural Statistics at a Glance"m serves as a quick reference guide to all essential data relating to agricultural sector. This edition
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Bayesian Network Model for flood forecasting based on atmospheric ensemble forecasts
<p>The purpose of this study is to propose the Bayesian Network (BN) model to estimate flood peak from Atmospheric Ensemble Forecasts (AEFs).<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Bayesian-flood-forecasting-Tehran.pdf"
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Large losses in glacier area and water availability by the end of the twenty-first century under high emission scenario, Satluj basin, Himalaya
<p>Glaciers in the Satluj river basin in western Himalaya are likely to lose 33% of their area by 2050 and 81% by the end of the century, under Representative Concentration Pathway - RCP 8.5 scenario,
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Zimbabwean government warns of tough agricultural season amid erratic rains
The Zimbabwean government has warned that the 2018-19 agricultural season will be a tough one with farmers having so far failed to adequately make land preparations and to plant crops because of erratic