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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Clim.
Sec. Climate, Ecology and People
Volume 6 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fclim.2024.1348132

Trend aAnalysis of Precipitation and Temperature in Lahaul and-Spiti District, Himachal Pradesh, India

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Pankaj Kumar Pankaj Kumar 1Dhanjeet Deka Dhanjeet Deka 2MD ARIF HUSAIN MD ARIF HUSAIN 3*MANISH KUMAR MANISH KUMAR 4Pandurang P Choudhari Pandurang P Choudhari 5Shipra Singh Shipra Singh 1Azka Kamil Azka Kamil 1ABHISHEK BANERJEE ABHISHEK BANERJEE 6
  • 1 University of Delhi, New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, India
  • 2 Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India
  • 3 University of Delhi, Delhi, India
  • 4 Central University of Haryana, Haryana, Haryana, India
  • 5 University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  • 6 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, Beijing, China

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    The present study analyse the trend of precipitation and temperature of Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, India. Lahaul-Spiti district is a cold desert mountain, situated in the Trans-Himalayan region. The district has the lowest population density of 2 persons/km 2 because of the harsh climate and rough topography that act as a barrier for population growth. Specific knowledge of climate variability in the region is limited. Hence, it is essential for the region to study the trends of temperature and precipitation, also its effects for sustainable development.The objective of the study is to investigate the variability of rainfall and temperature on monthly, seasonal, and annual basis from 1981 to 2021. Where, Precipitation and temperature data on monthly, seasonal, and annually and seasonal basis were were acquired from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center POWER Project. The objective of the study was to investigate the variability of rainfall and temperature on monthly, annually and seasonal basis from 1981 to 2021. The trend of precipitation and temperature trends of precipitation and temperature were were derived using the Mann-Kendall trend test and the slope of regression line by Sen's slope test. Subsequently, the maximum, minimum, mean, standard deviation (SD), and coefficient of variation (CV) of rainfall precipitation and

    Keywords: Font: (Default) Times New Roman, 12 pt Formatted: Normal, Line spacing: single, No bullets or numbering Formatted: Font: (Default) Times New Roman Font: (Default) Times New Roman, 9 pt Lahaul-Spiti, Cold desert, precipitation, temperature

    Received: 01 Dec 2023; Accepted: 30 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Kumar, Deka, HUSAIN, KUMAR, Choudhari, Singh, Kamil and BANERJEE. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: MD ARIF HUSAIN, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

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