Open AccessSevere floods in Jammu & Kashmir in August I973
Author(s) -
Sujit K. Ghosh,
K. Veeraraghavan
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
mausam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.243
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 0252-9416
DOI - 10.54302/mausam.v26i2.2162
Subject(s) - flood myth , monsoon , geography , trough (economics) , climatology , environmental science , geology , meteorology , archaeology , economics , macroeconomics
Occurrence of severe flood in Jammu & Kashmir in-August 1973 has been reported. The meteorolugical situations responsible for such a severe flood have been studied. It is shown that floods in Jammu & Kashmir can occur even in the absence of monsoon depressions and western disturbances but under the favourable Influence of (1) deep penetration of monsoon air Into the area and (11) high level trough-jet system.