Journal
GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE
Volume 127, Issue -, Pages 91-102Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.01.010
Keywords
Summer monsoon rainfall; Global warming; SST gradient
Funding
- University Grants Commission, Government of India [2061120573, 19-06/2011(i)EU-IV]
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The variability of summer monsoon over India has been studied using the subdivisional rainfall amounts for the period 1871-2012, upper air temperatures, Sea Surface Temperatures [SSTs] and zonal wind components for the period 1953-2012. It is observed that the rainfall activity over India during the last three decades has decreased. CRU [Climate Research Unit] and GPCP [Global Precipitation Climatology Project] rainfall data sets also exhibit a declined rainfall activity over a major part of India. This decrease in rainfall is associated with the decrease in the north-south SST gradient over the North Indian Ocean as well as monsoon circulation over India and neighborhood. Further, a decrease in the soil moisture over a major part of India is observed in the warming environment. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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