EGU21-6418
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-6418
EGU General Assembly 2021
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Extreme precipitation events during the South Asian summer monsoon season in the past century

Renaud Falga1 and Chien Wang2
Renaud Falga and Chien Wang
  • 1Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Toulouse III University - Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France (renaudfalga@gmail.com)
  • 2Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA (wangc@mit.edu)

The South Asian monsoon system impacts the livelihoods of over a billion people. While the overall monsoon rainfall is believed to have decreased during the 20th century, there is a good agreement that the extreme precipitation events have been rising in some parts of India. As an important part of the Indian population is dependent on rainfed agriculture, such a rise in extremes, along with resulting flood events, can be all the more problematic. Although studies tend to link this rise in extreme events with anthropogenic forcing, some uncertainties remain on the exact causes. In order to examine the correlation between anthropogenic forcings and the different trends in extreme events, we have analyzed the high-resolution daily rainfall data in the past century delivered by the Indian Meteorological Department alongside several other economic and ecological estimates. The results from this analysis will be presented in detail.

How to cite: Falga, R. and Wang, C.: Extreme precipitation events during the South Asian summer monsoon season in the past century, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-6418, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-6418, 2021.

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