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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Monsoon 2009: a report
The 2009 southwest monsoon recorded the third highest deficient all India southwest monsoon season rainfall (-22% of LPA) during the period 1901-2009. All the monsoon months except July recorded large deficient rainfall. Region wise, except south Peninsula, all other homogeneous regions recorded much below normal rainfall. Activity of depression was below normal with
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Impact of climate change on water resources availability and crop productivity in Uttar Pradesh
Global food supply will depend on how well agriculture adopts to climate change. The apparent impacts of the global climate change in India include erratic monsoon, high intensity floods, increased frequency of draughts, decreasing crop yields among others.
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Changing climate, more damaging weather
By failing to account for the effects of climate change, long-term projections of extreme weather are providing dangerously inaccurate guidance for critical investments in infrastructure and public safety.
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A recap: Climate change, its likely impacts on freshwaters and adaptive measures to ensure sustainable development in India
The article traces the history of global initiatives on assessing present and projections of climate change (CC), describes the scope/status of current activities and program in hand for mitigation and
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Transfer function based downscaling methods for assessing future rainfall using GCM output
General Circulation Models (GCMs) are tools designed to simulate time series of climate variables globally, accounting for effects of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. They are good at continental and
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Rainfall trends in Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna river basins of India (1951-2004)
This study aims to determine trends in the annual and seasonal total rainfall over Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna river basins of India. The data used in this study consists of daily gridded rainfall data.
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Rainfall changes over tropical montane cloud forests of southern Western Ghats, India
The southern Western Ghats tropical montane cloud forest sites (Gavi, Periyar, High wavys and Venniyar), which are characterized by frequent or seasonal cloud cover at the vegetation level, are considered one of the most threatened ecosystems in India and the world.
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The impacts of climate change on the Tibetan Plateau: A synthesis of recent science and Tibetan research
This comprehensive report surveys the full range of scientific findings on all aspects of climate change on the Tibetan Plateau. Summarises over 150 recent research reports published in scientific journals, by Chinese and international scientists.
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Technical support document for Endangerment and cause or contribute findings for greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act
This document provides technical support for the endangerment and cause or contribute analyses concerning greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act.
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Rain calendars: a tool for understanding changing rainfall patterns and effects on livelihoods
CARE and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) collaborated to pilot the use of an innovative tool for participatory analysis of changing rainfall patterns.