Annual climate summary 2023
The report discusses the climate condition over Indian region during the year 2023. Notably, global temperatures soared to exceptionally high levels during this period (WMO.No.1347). The India Meteorological
Rainfall
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Inadequate rain a bane for crops
The inadequate rainfall this winter season is likely to have an adverse impact on agricultural crops, according to experts and Met officials. There has been minimal rain in the winter, with only Meerut receiving 0.2 mm of rainfall.
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The circuit of life: Water and water reservoirs in pre-modern India
The problem of water availability was a pivotal facet of daily life, particularly in urban areas, where it had to be made perennially obtainable in large quantities. Thus, apart from river water, artificial water reservoirs of massive proportions, and also step wells were constructed on a great scale in most parts of the country.
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Impact of small rain water harvesting tanks on agriculture and livelihood of farmers: A case study from submontane region
Water resources development and management is not only imperative but also crucial for sustainable agriculture in water scarce areas of submontane region. Three small water harvesting tanks/ponds were constructed under the World Bank funded project in the region to harvest rainwater excess.
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Rainwater management
Rainwater harvesting is an age-old practice in India. It is a process of collection of runoff from treated or untreated land surfaces/catchments or rooftops and storing it in an open farm pond or closed water tanks/ reservoirs or in situ moisture strorage in the soil itself.
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Forecasting of rainfall for Gujarat based on astro-meteorology
Gujarat state of India receives annual rainfall of 828 mm in 35 rainy days with coefficient of variation of 50%. Considering the abnormality of weather particularly rainfall during the monsoon, Anand Agricultural University (AAU), Anand, Gujarat has prepared almanac predicting district-wise daily rainfall during monsoon 2007 for beneficiaries for the farming community as well as planners.
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Climate change impacts, adaptation and links to sustainable development in Africa
Strategies for sustainable development and climate change adaptation have many common elements, so addressing them jointly can create synergies.
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City profile: climate and disaster resilience
This study makes a comparative analysis of 15 cities in the Asian region, including some megacities, medium sized cities, and smaller cities, in their capacity to absorb stress, to manage it and recover from it.
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Assessment of peak maximum rainfall for estimation of peak flood for ungauged Lakya catchment - A case study
In water resources planning and management many problems are faced in estimation of flood flows in ungauged catchments. Researchers have been adopting different techniques in estimating flows from ungauged catchments for design and risk analysis of hydraulic structures. The important aspect in such situations is an assessment of Peak Maximum Rainfall (PMR).
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Surface soil moisture changes during 2007 summer monsoon season derived from AMSR-E Land3 product
Soil moisture is an important component of the hydrological
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Insurance scheme comes to rescue of rain-hit farmers
So far, 7.22 lakh ryots have been covered in the State With recent rain causing heavy damage to standing paddy crops in Cauvery delta districts, agricultural insurance has come to the rescue of affected farmers.