Structural breaks in mean temperature over agroclimatic zones in India

ScientificWorldJournal. 2014:2014:434325. doi: 10.1155/2014/434325. Epub 2014 Aug 27.

Abstract

Amongst Asian countries India is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change. During the past century, surface temperature in India has shown a significant increasing trend. In this paper, we have investigated behavior of mean monthly temperature during the period 1901-2001 over four agroclimatic zones of India and also tried to detect structural change in the temperature series. A structural break in the series has been observed at the national as well regional levels between 1970 and 1980. An analysis of trends before and after the structural break shows a significant increase in July temperature in the arid zone since 1972.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Climate Change*
  • India
  • Seasons
  • Temperature