Assessment of Spatial and Temporal Trends of Diurnal Temperature Range for Vidisha District, Madhya Pradesh, India

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IJEP 43(7): 599-611 : Vol. 43 Issue. 7 (July 2023)

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Shohrat Ali1, Birendra Bharti1*, H.P. Singh1 and R.K. Jaiswal2

1. Central University of Jharkhand, Department of Civil Engineering, Ranchi, Jharkhand – 835 205, India
2. National Institute of Hydrology, WALMI Campus, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh – 462 016, India

Abstract

Diurnal temperature ranges (DTR) are a vital meteorological indicator of climate change. In this study, the temporal trend for duration of 38 years (1981-2018) for DTR was analyzed. The study area chosen was Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh, India. To compute the DTR, daily maximum temperature (Tmax) and daily minimum temperature (Tmin) were used and to measure the relationship between rain and DTR: monthly, annual and seasonal data of rainfall was used. Mann-Kendall test and Sen’s slope method were used to identify statistically significant positive or negative trends in climate data. The annual average DTR of the Vidisha is 13.830C, with a maximum of 16.650C in pre-monsoon and a minimum of 9.010C in monsoon. In annual DTR a considerable negative shift of -0.230C/decade was seen over the Vidisha district. All four seasons show a negative shift in DTR, but the maximum decrement (-0.270C/decade) was observed during monsoon season. On an annual and seasonal basis, there is a significant negative correlation between DTR and rainfall, demonstrating that rainfall significantly affects DTR fluctuations in the Vidisha district. One of the causes of the decline in DTR in the Vidisha district could be a collateral increase in rainfall.

Keywords

Trend analysis, Diurnal temperature ranges, Spearman’s correlation test, Climate change

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