HEAVY RAINFALL DURING MONSOON SEASON - POINT AND SPATIAL-DISTRIBUTION

Authors
RAKHECHA PR PISHAROTY PR
Citation
Pr. Rakhecha et Pr. Pisharoty, HEAVY RAINFALL DURING MONSOON SEASON - POINT AND SPATIAL-DISTRIBUTION, Current Science, 71(3), 1996, pp. 179-186
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Current Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00113891
Volume
71
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
179 - 186
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-3891(1996)71:3<179:HRDMS->2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The daily rainfall records of about 5000 stations in India, during the monsoon periods of several decades, have been examined for occurrence of heavy rainfall. The point values of (i) the highest annual rainfal ls, (ii) the highest rainfalls of one, two, and three day durations, a nd (iii) the highest hourly values, are presented in the forms of tabl es nad charts. The highest depth-area-duration values for twelve storm -centres are also given.