Agricultural drought of 1972 Kharif season

Authors

  • C.J. GEORGE
  • K.S. RAMASASTRI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54302/mausam.v26i1.2032

Keywords:

agricultural drought, Kharif season, climatic aridity Index

Abstract

By computing weekly water balance of a selected network of stations in the, country, agricultural drought of the 1972 Kharif season was studied. Weekly aridity Index value above the climatic aridity Index, has been used to identify, drought incidence. The study shows that prolonged drought spell abating only, for short periods prevailed in the season over large areas of Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Interior, Mysore and Andhra Pradesh, Newspaper and crop reports of the period substantiated these findings.

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Published

01-01-1975

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C. . GEORGE and K. RAMASASTRI, “Agricultural drought of 1972 Kharif season”, MAUSAM, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 89–96, Jan. 1975.

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Vol. 26 No. 1 (1975): MAUSAM

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Shorter Contribution

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