A Review of Case Studies on Climate Change Impact on Hydrologic Cycle: An Indian Perspective

Authors

  • P K Bhunya  KIIT University, Bhubanehwar, Odisha, India
  • Sanjay Kumar  Surface Water Hydrology Division, National Institutte of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India
  • Sunil Gurrapu  Surface Water Hydrology Division, National Institutte of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India
  • M K Bhuyan  Surface Water Hydrology Division, National Institutte of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India

DOI:

https://doi.org//10.32628/IJSRSET207548

Keywords:

Climate Change, Case Studies, Rainfall Frequency, Flood Characteristics, Groundwater Fluctuations

Abstract

In recent times, several studies focused on the global warming that may affect the hydrological cycle due to intensification of temporal and spatial variations in precipitation. Such climatic change is likely to impact significantly upon freshwater resources availability. In India, demand for water has already increased manifold over the years due to urbanization, agriculture expansion, increasing population, rapid industrialization and economic development. Numerous scientific studies also report increases in the intensity, duration, and spatial extents of floods, higher atmospheric temperatures, warmer sea, changes in precipitation patterns, and changing groundwater levels. This work briefly discusses about the present scenario regarding impact of climate change on water resources in India. Due to the insufficient resolution of climate models and their generally crude representation of sub-grid scale and convective processes, little confidence can be placed in any definite predictions of such effects, although a tendency for more heavy rainfall events seems likely, and a modest increase in frequency in floods. Thus to analyses this effect, this work considers real problems about the changing flood characteristics pattern in two river regions, and the effect of spatial and temporal pattern in rainfall. In addition to these, the work also examines the trend of groundwater level fluctuations in few blocks of Ganga–Yamuna and Sutlej-Yamuna Link interfluves region. As a whole, it examines the potential for sustainable development of surface water and groundwater resources within the constraints imposed by climate change.

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P K Bhunya, Sanjay Kumar, Sunil Gurrapu, M K Bhuyan, " A Review of Case Studies on Climate Change Impact on Hydrologic Cycle: An Indian Perspective, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 7, Issue 5, pp.249-266, September-October-2020. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRSET207548