Impact of climate change on extreme rainfall events and flood risk in India |
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| Authors: | P GUHATHAKURTA O P SREEJITH P A MENON |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Geology, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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| Abstract: | The occurrence of exceptionally heavy rainfall events and associated flash floods in many areas during recent years motivate
us to study long-term changes in extreme rainfall over India. The analysis of the frequency of rainy days, rain days and heavy
rainfall days as well as one-day extreme rainfall and return period has been carried out in this study to observe the impact
of climate change on extreme rainfall events and flood risk in India. The frequency of heavy rainfall events are decreasing
in major parts of central and north India while they are increasing in peninsular, east and north east India. The study tries
to bring out some of the interesting findings which are very useful for hydrological planning and disaster managements. Extreme
rainfall and flood risk are increasing significantly in the country except some parts of central India. |
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