India’s Extreme Rain Corridor

  • A recent study has discovered that extensive extreme rainfall events have occurred simultaneously or nearly at the same time, confined to a specific 'corridor.'
  • Indian monsoon dynamics is impacted by global warming, altering onset, withdrawal, active-break periods, and low-pressure systems.
  • Delayed onset influenced by cyclones, withdrawal affected by Arctic warming.
  • Total seasonal rainfall trended downwards over seven decades due to differential heating of land versus ocean, leading to longer but lower intensity dry spells and higher intensity wet spells during the monsoon season.
  • Researchers suggest intense wet spells, particularly over Central India, have expanded in scale, influenced by dynamic conditions from the Arabian ....
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