Impact of Drought on Agriculture in the Indo-Gangetic Plain, India

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作者
Nath, Reshmita [1 ]
Nath, Debashis [1 ]
Li, Qian [3 ]
Chen, Wen [1 ]
Cui, Xuefeng [2 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Atmospher Phys, Ctr Monsoon Syst Res, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China
[2] Beijing Normal Univ, Sch Syst Sci, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China
[3] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Atmospher Phys, Key Lab Middle Atmosphere & Global Environm Obser, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China
[4] Univ Coll Dublin, Sch Math Sci, Meteorol & Climate Unit, Dublin 4, Ireland
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
drought; agriculture; SPEI; Indo-Gangetic Plain; temperature; precipitation; potential evapotranspiration; SUMMER MONSOON; SOIL-MOISTURE; WHEAT; RICE; VARIABILITY; DATASET; INDEXES; FLOODS; SEASON; HEAT;
D O I
10.1007/s00376-016-6102-2
中图分类号
P4 [大气科学(气象学)];
学科分类号
0706 ; 070601 ;
摘要
In this study, we investigate the spatiotemporal characteristics of drought in India and its impact on agriculture during the summer season (April-September). In the analysis, we use Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) datasets between 1982 and 2012 at the six-monthly timescale. Based on the criterion SPEI < -1, we obtain a map of the number of occurrences of drought and find that the humid subtropical Upper Middle Gangetic Plain (UMGP) region is highly drought-prone, with an occurrence frequency of 40%-45%. This UMGP region contributes at least 18%-20% of India's annual cereal production. Not only the probability of drought, but the UMGP region has become increasingly drought-prone in recent decades. Moreover, cereal production in the UMGP region has experienced a gradual declining trend from 2000 onwards, which is consistent with the increase in drought-affected areas from 20%-25% to 50%-60%, before and after 2000, respectively. A higher correlation coefficient (-0.69) between the cereal production changes and drought-affected areas confirms that at least 50% of the agricultural (cereal) losses are associated with drought. While analyzing the individual impact of precipitation and surface temperature on SPEI at 6 month timescale [SPEI (6)] we find that, in the UMGP region, surface temperature plays the primary role in the lowering of the SPEI. The linkage is further confirmed by correlation analysis between SPEI (6) and surface temperature, which exhibits strong negative values in the UMGP region. Higher temperatures may have caused more evaporation and drying, which therefore increased the area affected by drought in recent decades.
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页码:335 / 346
页数:12
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