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Analysis of seasonal and annual rainfall trends for Ranchi district, Jharkhand, India

Authors: Shashank Shree, Manoj Kumar

Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences | Issue 19/2018

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The aim of this study was to investigate temporal variation in seasonal and annual rainfall trend over Ranchi district of Jharkhand, India for the period (1901–2014: 113 years). Mean monthly rainfall data series were used to determine the significance and magnitude of the trend using non-parametric Mann–Kendall and Sen’s slope estimator. The analysis showed a significant decreased in rainfall during annual, winter and southwest monsoon rainfall while increased in pre-monsoon and post-monsoon rainfall over the Ranchi district. A positive trend is detected in pre-monsoon and post-monsoon rainfall data series while annual, winter and southwest monsoon rainfall showed a negative trend. The maximum decrease in rainfall was found for monsoon (− 1.348 mm year⁻¹) and minimum (− 0.098 mm year⁻¹) during winter rainfall. The trend of post-monsoon rainfall was found upward (0.068 mm year⁻¹). The positive and negative trends of annual and seasonal rainfall were found statistically non-significant except monsoon rainfall at 5% level of significance. Rainfall variability pattern was calculated using coefficient of variation CV, %. Post-monsoon rainfall showed the maximum value of CV (70.80%), whereas annual rainfall exhibited the minimum value of CV (17.09%), respectively. In general, high variation of CV was found which showed that the entire region is very vulnerable to droughts and floods.

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Title: Analysis of seasonal and annual rainfall trends for Ranchi district, Jharkhand, India
Authors: Shashank Shree
Manoj Kumar
Publication date: 01-10-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences / Issue 19/2018
Print ISSN: 1866-6280
Electronic ISSN: 1866-6299
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-018-7884-6

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