Nigeria annual flood outlook 2024
The 2024 Flood Outlook report offers a comprehensive assessment of flood risk across the country, highlighting critical areas of concern and strategic recommendations for mitigation and preparedness. Through
Rainfall Pattern
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Pre-monsoon showers elude region, Punjab worst-hit
Overcast skies and intermittent showers notwithstanding, pre-monsoon rains in Punjab this year are deficient by 76 per cent so far, making it worst-hit state in the region and among top three across the
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Persistent spring shortwave cloud radiative effect and the associated circulations over Southeastern China
<p>Clouds strongly modulate regional radiation balance and their evolution is profoundly influenced by circulations.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/cloud-radiative-effect-China-circulation.pdf"
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Intensification of precipitation extremes in the world's humid and water-limited regions
<p>Changes in precipitation totals and extremes are among the most relevant consequences of climate change, but in particular regional changes remain uncertain. While aggregating over larger regions reduces
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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