VARIATION OF PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE FOR DACHIGAM AND TEILBAL CATCHMENTS
Mir Bintul Huda
Senior Research Fellow, SKUAST-Kashmir, J&K , IN
Nasir Ahmad Rather
Senior Research Fellow, SKUAST-Kashmir, J&K , IN
Keywords: climate change; temperature; precipitation; catchments; trend
Abstract
The study was an attempt to analyze the variation of precipitation in the Dachigam and Teilbal catchments of Srinagar. The precipitation and temperature data were obtained from the metrological station of SKUAST-K, Shalimar. Trend lines were established with the help of the moving averages of 5 years; which revealed that with the increasing temperature, precipitation decreased. The trend is in accordance with the global climatic and hydrological findings. The study concluded that there was an adverse effect of the climate change on the given catchments.
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