Authors : Sandip Sasane
Page Nos : 150-152
Description :
In present paper an attempt has been made to detect the long-term changes in the rainfall applying Mann-Kendall Test (MK). The rainfall data were collected for fourteen tahsil of Ahmednagar District from Indian Meteorological department (IMD), Pune. The result shows decreasing trends (Negative) in Shrirampur, Parner, Shrigonda, Karjat, Jamkhed and Nagar tahsil while, increasing trends in Akole, Sangamner, Kopergaon, Rahuri, Newasa, Rahata, Shevgaon and Pathardi tahsil of Ahmednagar District. This is wake call for southern tahsil, recorded declining rainfall trend. The result clearly shows that climate changed in Ahmednagar district during 1981 to 2011.
Keywords – Climate Change, Man-Kendall Test, Rainfall Trend
