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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Clim.
Sec. Climate Services
Volume 7 - 2025 |
doi: 10.3389/fclim.2025.1492260
Investigation of the trends and variability in Rainfall Pattern in Upper Kumaon Himalayan Region
Provisionally accepted- 1 Department of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
- 2 University of Delhi, New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, India
- 3 Department of Geography, Aditi Mahavidyalaya, University of Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Variation in rainfall pattern has profoundly impacts on fragile ecosystems and lives of people, Upper Kumaon area is highly sensitive to the current climatic variations. This study tried to identify yearly, seasonal, and monthly rainfall trends in the four districts of Upper Kumaon Region (UKR) i.e., Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat, and Pithoragarh for a period of 68 years . Long-term gridded daily rainfall data were used and analysed for parametric regression analysis and variability analysis to examine historical trends. The analysis has shown a continued decrease in annual precipitation across all the districts, with the most significant decrease seen at Bageshwar (-3.88 mm/year). Seasonal trends shown significant drops in monsoon rainfall, especially in Almora (-3.28 mm/year) whereas spatial variability analysis depicts the increasing variability in recent times. Lower-altitude districts (i.e., Champawat) showing higher variability in comparison to high-altitude districts such as Pithoragarh. Therefore. The findings of this study emphasize the requirement to make policies on increasing variability in rainfall and its impacts on agricultural practices, water resource management and disaster preparedness in this sensitive environment.
Keywords: Climate Change, rainfall variability, Seasonality, Upper Kumaon Region, Himalyan Region
Received: 09 Sep 2024; Accepted: 28 Jan 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Subhash Anand, Department of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
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