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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Climate change clouds hover over Pakistan
Participants in a seminar on the World Environment Day said signs of climate change had begun to look ominous for Pakistan.
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Crisis management plan: drought
The crisis management plan outlined in this document is part of overall spectrum of drought management plan but is restricted to the management interventions required during the time of Crisis.
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A diagnosis of rainfall over South America during 1997/98 El Nio and 1998/99 La Nia events: Comparison between TRMM PR and GPC
A comparison between TRMM PR rainfall estimates and rain gauge data from ANEEL and combined gauge/satellite data from GPCP over South America (SA) is made. In general, the annual and seasonal regional characteristics of rainfall over SA are qualitatively well reproduced by TRMM PR and GPCP. It is found that over most of SA GPCP exceeds TRMM PR rainfall.
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Mercury rises early
Hot spell in India kills 80 in eastern India. Heat waves now come earlier and stay longer. This latest special report by Down To Earth team covers the heat struck regions of India to figure out what is happening to the weather.<a href="http://www.downtoearth.org.in/cover.asp?foldername=20090531&filename=news&sid=13&sec_id=9" target="blank"> More »</a> See Also:
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Mercury rises early
Hot spell in India kills 80 in eastern India. Heat waves now come earlier and stay longer. This latest special report by Down To Earth team covers the heat struck regions of India to figure out what is happening to the weather.......<a href="http://www.downtoearth.org.in/cover.asp?foldername=20090531&filename=news&sid=13&sec_id=9" target="blank">More»</a> See Also:
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Mercury rises early
<i>Heat waves follow a dry spell in Orissa and West Bengal, killing 80 people in April. Dust storms take Assam by surprise and Malwa scrambles for water. What
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Monsoon earlyburly
Central, northern India have a new date with the rains april, May and early June may be the future monsoon months of north and central India. As of now, the official date for the beginning of monsoons is June 29. But there has been a clear increase in rainfall in the months preceding June. This is because the atmosphere in north India is warming at a rate much faster than the rest of
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According to report
Decreasing water levels: Water levels in three-quarters of the world
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Stable isotopic signatures in precipitation of 2006 southwest monsoon of Tamil Nadu
Southwest monsoon (SWM) controls the majority of the agricultural activities in Tamil Nadu (TN), though the amount of rainfall received due to this is relatively less. The nature and behaviour of water vapour over TN reveal the other dynamic processes that are in operation during this period of the year.
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Myths about small water harvesting systems
The article on water harvesting and artificial recharge in naturally water-scarce regions (30 August 2008) makes a number of assertions about small water harvesting systems that are based on faulty assumptions and inadequate information.