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| Article Name : | | | ANALYSIS OF TREND IN RAINFALL DATA FOR INDIA | | Author Name : | | | Shesabhare Sudhir Yashwant , Kalange Dhananjay Narayan | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-3605 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | In the present study, exploratory analysis of rainfall data is performed. This study aims to determine trends in annual, monsoon month-wise and meteorological region-wise in India. The data used consists of mean month-wise and region-wise rainfall for the period 1901-2010. Non-parametric statistical tools such as Sen's estimator of slope and Mann-Kendall trend test was used to estimate the magnitude of trend. The rainfall in the monsoon months: July, August and September showed downward trend. Out of four meteorological regions, three regions showed downward trend. The downward as well as upward trends were observed to be statistically insignificant. | | Keywords : | | - sustainable hazard mitigation,
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