Worldwide, major changes in the climate are expected due to global warming, which leads to temperature variations. To assess the climate change impact on the hydrological cycle, a spatio-temporal change detection study of potential evapotranspiration (PET) along with maximum and minimum temperatures (Tmax and Tmin) over India have been performed for the second half of the 20th century (1950–2005) both at monthly and seasonal scale. From the observed monthly climatology of PET over India, high values of PET are envisioned during the months of March, April, May and June. Temperature is one of the significant factors in explaining changes in PET. Hence seasonal correlations of PET with Tmax and Tmin were analyzed using Spearman rank correlation. Correlation of PET with Tmax was found to be higher compared to that with Tmin. Seasonal variability of trend at each grid point over India was studied for Tmax, Tmin and PET separately. Trend Free Pre-Whitening and Modified Mann Kendall approaches, which consider the effect of serial correlation, were employed for the trend detection analysis. A significant trend was observed in Tmin compared to Tmax and PET. Significant upward trends in Tmax, Tmin and PET were observed over most of the grid points in the interior peninsular region.
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April 25 2016
Spatio-temporal variability of temperature and potential evapotranspiration over India Available to Purchase
P. Sonali;
P. Sonali
1Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India Present address: Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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D. Nagesh Kumar
2Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India and Centre for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Journal of Water and Climate Change (2016) 7 (4): 810–822.
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Received:
September 25 2015
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April 01 2016
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P. Sonali, D. Nagesh Kumar; Spatio-temporal variability of temperature and potential evapotranspiration over India. Journal of Water and Climate Change 1 December 2016; 7 (4): 810–822. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2016.230
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