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Analysis of severe rainstorms over gujarat and punjab during the 1993 monsoon
Author(s) -
Kulkarni A. K.,
Mandal B. N.,
Sangam R. B.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international journal of climatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.58
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-0088
pISSN - 0899-8418
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(199601)16:1<35::aid-joc995>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - monsoon , hydrometeorology , environmental science , climatology , precipitation , hydrology (agriculture) , geography , geology , meteorology , geotechnical engineering
Severe rain spells, which occurred in 1993 monsoon season over the Indian region, were examined for hydrometeorological analysis. It was seen that during 9–12 July, heavy to very heavy rainfall was reported by many stations in the north‐west Indian region of Gujarat, Punjab, and Haryana. This heavy rainspell gave two separate rainstorm patterns: one over the Gujarat region, and other over the Punjab and Haryana region. Both these rainstorms have been analysed by the depth‐area‐duration technique. The areal rainfall data obtained from the analysis have been compared with similar data of past severe rainstorms of the respective region. The analysis has shown that the 9–12 July 1993 rainstorm, although not as severe as past rainstorms, yielded areal rain depths of 12·4, 23·2, and 28·4 cm in 1, 2, and 3 days in Gujarat and 13·4, 19·8, and 30·3 cm over Punjab and Haryana, respectively, over an area of 50 000 km 2 .