Question

The Monsoon has the tendency to have wet and dry spell which is termed as: *​

Answer 1

Answer:

Typically, prolonged dry days occurring in a monsoon season is termed as “break in monsoon,” and prolonged wet days is called “active spell” [Annamalai and Slingo, 2001; Gadgil and Joseph, 2003].

Answer 2

Answer:

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Active spell

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• The versatility of monsoon rainfall over India and the diverse topography demands a comprehensive examination of rainfall characteristics all over the country.
• Details of a few studies [Krishnamurthy et al., 2009; Ghosh et al., 2011; Vittal et al., 2013], which have accounted these factors by analyzing either active events or break events, are also given in Table 1.
• It is evident that while numerous studies have already been carried out to assess various characteristics of extremes (in terms of intensity, spell, onset etc.), the conclusions are not in accordance and coherent enough to recommend its employment in any regional water resources management studies.
• Contradicting nature of conclusions from various studies may be attributed to the study region, data sets, definitions of extremes, and methodologies employed in these studies.