A threefold rise in widespread extreme rain events over central India

M. K. Roxy; Subimal Ghosh; Amey Pathak; R. Athulya; Milind Mujumdar; Raghu Murtugudde; Pascal Terray; M. Rajeevan

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00744-9

Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

A threefold rise in widespread extreme rain events over central India

M. K. Roxy,
Subimal Ghosh,
Amey Pathak,
R. Athulya,
Milind Mujumdar,
Raghu Murtugudde,
Pascal Terray,
M. Rajeevan

Affiliations

M. K. Roxy: Centre for Climate Change Research, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
Subimal Ghosh: Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Amey Pathak: Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
R. Athulya: Centre for Climate Change Research, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
Milind Mujumdar: Centre for Climate Change Research, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
Raghu Murtugudde: Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland
Pascal Terray: Sorbonne Universites (UPMC, Univ. Paris 06)-CNRS-IRD-MNHN
M. Rajeevan: Centre for Climate Change Research, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00744-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Against the backdrop of a declining monsoon, the number of extreme rain events is on the rise over central India. Here the authors identify a threefold increase in widespread extreme rains over the region during 1950–2015, driven by an increasing variability of the low-level westerlies over the Arabian Sea.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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