Signatures of aerosol-induced decline in evapotranspiration over the Indo-Gangetic Plain during the recent decades

Authors

  • MVS Ramarao Centre for Climate Change Research Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India
  • DC Ayantika 1Centre for Climate Change Research Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India
  • R Krishnan Centre for Climate Change Research Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India
  • J Sanjay Centre for Climate Change Research Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India
  • TP Sabin Centre for Climate Change Research Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India
  • M Mujumdar Centre for Climate Change Research Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India
  • KK Singh India Meteorological Department New Delhi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54302/mausam.v74i2.6031

Keywords:

Evapotranspiration (ET), Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP), Aerosol classification

Abstract

 Evapotranspiration (ET) is the primary process of water transfer in the hydrological cycle over land and is linked to water, energy and carbon cycles. While the global hydrological cycle is expected to intensify in a warming climate with enhanced ET and precipitation, the magnitude and spatial distribution of regional scale response of ET to climate change remains uncertain. Here we present an analysis of in-situ observations of ET from 23 stations in India during 1979-2008, which shows that the annual ET has declined by about 9% over the humid sub-regions of the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP). Additional analysis from high-resolution climate model simulations and observed climate datasets lend support to the role of aerosol-induced solar-dimming in intensifying ET reductions, in a background of decreasing monsoon precipitation and soil-moisture levels, over the IGP

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Published

31-03-2023

How to Cite

[1]
M. Ramarao, “Signatures of aerosol-induced decline in evapotranspiration over the Indo-Gangetic Plain during the recent decades ”, MAUSAM, vol. 74, no. 2, pp. 297–310, Mar. 2023.

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SPECIAL ISSUE IWM-7

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