JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017

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A (Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences) » A-CG Complex & General

[A-CG44] [EE] Asian monsoon hydro-climate and water resources research for GEWEX

Sun. May 21, 2017 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM 301A (International Conference Hall 3F)

convener:Shinjiro Kanae(School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology), Atsushi Higuchi(Center for Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS), Chiba University, Japan), Jun Matsumoto(Deaprtment of Geography, Tokyo Metropolitan University), Satoru Yokoi(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Chairperson:Shinjiro Kanae(School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology), Chairperson:Jun Matsumoto(Deaprtment of Geography, Tokyo Metropolitan University), Chairperson:Atsushi Higuchi(Center for Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS), Chiba University, Japan), Chairperson:Satoru Yokoi(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

[ACG44-05] Regional seasonal marches of precipitation and their long-term variations in India for 1901-2013

*Tomoshige Inoue1, Jun Matsumoto1,2 (1.Department of Geography, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 2.Department of Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Land Processes Research (DCOP), JAMSTEC)

Keywords:India, precipitation, climatic variation

Regional characteristics of climatological seasonal marches of precipitation and their long-term variations have been examined for the period 1901-2013 in India using a high resolution (0.25°×0.25°) daily gridded precipitation dataset provided by the Indian Meteorological Department.
Cluster analysis (Ward’s method) was applied for the 30-year climatological 5-day precipitation (1981-2010) at each grid box, and nine regions were divided. Then changes of seasonal precipitation characteristics, including onset, peak, and retreat of rainy season were examined for the 113-year period from 1901-2013 in a regional basis. As a result, for example, in the west coast area where typical monsoonal seasonal changes are observed, a prominent precipitation peak appeared in July prior to 1940, while precipitation in the subsequent rainy season in August has increased during the 20th century, and the degree of concentration of precipitation in July has decreased after the 1940s.