scholarly journals Variability and probabilistic estimates of rainfall extremes In Bangladesh during the southwest monsoon season

MAUSAM ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-56
Author(s):  
SAMARENDRA KARMAKAR ◽  
AYESHA KHATUN

The present study describes the temporal and spatial distributions of mean monthly rainfall and its variability together with the spatial distributions of the probabilistic estimates of rainfall extremes over Bangladesh during the- southwest monsoon season. The- probabilistic rainfall extremes have been computed for IWO lime scales: (a) in I year out of 4 years, and (b) in 1 year out of 10 years -representing relatively less extreme events and extreme events respectively. The mean monthly rainfall increases from June to July at most places over Bangladesh and then decreases up to September. The variability of rainfall decreases with increasing rainfall up to July at many places and then increases up to September. The study also reveals that the mean rainfall and the- probabilistic rainfall extremes are maximum over the southern and north-eastern parts of the country where the variability of rainfall is low and the rainfall is reliable. There exists a belt of low rainfall over the- central part of Bangladesh roughly between 23oN and 24°N. The rainfall gradients are maximum over north-eastern Bangladesh and the gradients of the probabilistic high rainfall are more than those of the probabilistic low rainfall in this area.  

MAUSAM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 903-912
Author(s):  
R. BHATLA ◽  
A. TRIPATHI ◽  
R. S. SINGH

An attempt has been made to detect the pattern of rainfall and examine the trends and variations of extreme events of rainfall over Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh, India) through seasonal, monthly and decadal analysis during southwest monsoon season (June-September) using the daily rainfall data of 40 years period from 1971-2010. The results show that cumulative rainfall during 1971-2010 is overall decreasing in monsoon season as well as in all the months June, July, August and September. In general, the observed rainfall events in all categories (Non rainy day, 0-2.4 mm; Category I, 2.5-64.4; Category II, 64.5 to 124.4; Category III, 124.5 mm or more) have a decreasing trend in all the months and monsoon season over the entire period of study. However, decadal analysis reveals that in general frequency of rainfall events in almost every category is decreasing in recent decade. Different results are seen in August, as cumulative rainfall is decreasing in this month, whereas very heavy and exceptionally heavy rainfall events and their contribution have increased in recent decade as well as over total period.  


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirjam van der Mheen ◽  
Erik van Sebille ◽  
Charitha Pattiaratchi

Abstract. A large percentage of global ocean plastic waste enters the northern hemisphere Indian Ocean (NIO). Despite this, it is unclear what happens to buoyant plastics in the NIO. Because the subtropics in the NIO is blocked by landmass, there is no subtropical gyre and no associated subtropical garbage patch in this region. We therefore hypothesise that plastics "beach" and end up on coastlines along the Indian Ocean rim. In this paper, we determine the influence of beaching plastics by applying different beaching conditions to Lagrangian particle tracking simulation results. Our results show that a large amount of plastic likely ends up on coastlines in the NIO, while some crosses the equator into the southern hemisphere Indian Ocean (SIO). In the NIO, the transport of plastics is dominated by seasonally reversing monsoonal currents, which transport plastics back and forth between the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. All buoyant plastic material in this region beaches within a few years in our simulations. Countries bordering the Bay of Bengal are particularly heavily affected by plastics beaching on coastlines. This is a result of both the large sources of plastic waste in the region, as well as ocean dynamics which concentrate plastics in the Bay of Bengal. During the intermonsoon period following the southwest monsoon season (September, October, November), plastics can cross the equator on the eastern side of the NIO basin into the SIO. Plastics that escape from the NIO into the SIO beach on eastern African coastlines and islands in the SIO or enter the subtropical SIO garbage patch.


MAUSAM ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-276
Author(s):  
H. N. SRIVASTAVA ◽  
K. C. SINHARAY ◽  
R. K. MUKHOPADHYAY

The study deals with the spatial and temporal variations of intra-seasonal oscillations in radio refractive index during southwest monsoon season over India and islands over Indian seas. Average daily radio refractive index data from 1 June to 30 September and that of the individual years for the period 1969-1986 were subjected to harmonic analysis to investigate the contributions of various periodicities in monsoon radio refractive index. The inter-annual variability of various intra-seasonal oscillations have been studied for each 5° latitudinal strip from 50 oN to 30° N with the help of variance explained by various frequency modes for different years. Variance explained by 30-60 day and 10-20 day modes were studied in relation to monsoon performance.   The northward and eastward propagation of30.60 day mod~ was noticed. The 10.20 day mode and seasonal mode dominate at latitudinal belts 5°N.10oN and 25°N-30°N respectively. Between 10°N and 25°N, both 30-60 day and 10-20 day modes occur.  


Author(s):  
Kanchan P. Rathoure

The area in question has diversified relief and amount of rainfall and soil types. It is dry region lies in east, irrigated region in north and tribal-dominant population dominant in the west. Ahmednagar district is situated partly in the upper Godavari basin and partly in the Bhīma basin occupying a somewhat central position in Maharashtra state. The climate of the district is characterized by a hot summer and general dryness throughout the year except during the southwest monsoon season (i.e., June to September). Physiographically the district forms part of Deccan Plateau. Part of Sahayadri hill ranges fall in the district. Here in this chapter, the author has elaborated about soil quality and ground water quality near IOCL Terminal Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India.


2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (9) ◽  
pp. 2326-2338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satya Prakash ◽  
Ashis K. Mitra ◽  
Imran M. Momin ◽  
E. N. Rajagopal ◽  
S. Basu ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-141
Author(s):  
Tran Anh Tuan ◽  
Vu Hai Dang ◽  
Pham Viet Hong ◽  
Do Ngoc Thuc ◽  
Nguyen Thuy Linh ◽  
...  

In this article, the sea surface temperature trends and the influence of ENSO on the southwest sea of Vietnam were analyzed using the continuous satellite-acquired data sequence of SST in the period of 2002–2018. GIS and average statistical methods were applied to calculate the average monthly and seasonal sea surface temperature, the seasonal sea surface temperature anomalies for each year and for the whole study period. Subsequently, the changing trends of sea surface temperature in the northeast and southwest monsoon seasons were estimated using linear regression analysis. Research results indicated that the sea surface temperature changed significantly throughout the calendar year, in which the maximum and minimum sea surface temperature are 31oC in May and 26oC in January respectively. Sea surface temperature trends range from 0oC/year to 0.05oC/year during the Northeast monsoon season and from 0.025oC/year to 0.055oC/year during the southwest monsoon season. Results based on the Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) analysis also show that the sea surface temperature in the study area and adjacent areas is strongly influenced and significantly fluctuates during El Niño and La Niña episodes.


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