New Normal in ITCZ and Its Role in Altering Agroclimatic Suitability for Rice Production
Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) primarily governs the convective rainfall potential of the summer monsoon in Asia. In the present study, non-parametric trend test with outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) for the summer monsoon period for the last 42 years (1980–2021) have been analyzed for ITCZ...
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| description | Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) primarily governs the convective rainfall potential of the summer monsoon in Asia. In the present study, non-parametric trend test with outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) for the summer monsoon period for the last 42 years (1980–2021) have been analyzed for ITCZ zone, representative zones of Hadley circulation and Walker circulation for exploring trend of the deep convection activity. Besides, various climatic variables like temperature (maximum, minimum, mean), precipitation, and cloud cover dataset are used for exploring trend in major rice growing regions of the world. The results indicate that there is a significantly decreasing trend of OLR in ITCZ zone during summer monsoon season. Contrarily, major rice growing regions of the world have witnessed a significantly increasing trend for the temperature parameter among all the zones. Rainfall and cloud cover have shown a typical trend i.e., increasing rainfall but decreasing cloud cover in the Southeast Asian and Maritime Continent rice growing regions. In rice suitable climate assessment, it has been found that the Maritime Continent rice growing region, the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the Southeast Asian rice growing regions have witnessed better rice suitable climates than other rice growing regions during the last 42 years (1980–2021). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5384af9cc6b7495280a8cdc0ff5dc7472023-11-17T10:24:06ZengMDPI AGClimate2225-11542023-02-011135210.3390/cli11030052New Normal in ITCZ and Its Role in Altering Agroclimatic Suitability for Rice ProductionSomnath Jha0Mourani Sinha1Anupam Kumar2West Bengal Police Service, Home & Hill Affairs Department, Balurghat 733101, West Bengal, IndiaDepartment of Mathematics, Techno India University, Kolkata 700091, West Bengal, IndiaCentre for Climate Research Singapore, Meteorological Services Singapore, National Environment Agency, Singapore 228231, SingaporeIntertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) primarily governs the convective rainfall potential of the summer monsoon in Asia. In the present study, non-parametric trend test with outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) for the summer monsoon period for the last 42 years (1980–2021) have been analyzed for ITCZ zone, representative zones of Hadley circulation and Walker circulation for exploring trend of the deep convection activity. Besides, various climatic variables like temperature (maximum, minimum, mean), precipitation, and cloud cover dataset are used for exploring trend in major rice growing regions of the world. The results indicate that there is a significantly decreasing trend of OLR in ITCZ zone during summer monsoon season. Contrarily, major rice growing regions of the world have witnessed a significantly increasing trend for the temperature parameter among all the zones. Rainfall and cloud cover have shown a typical trend i.e., increasing rainfall but decreasing cloud cover in the Southeast Asian and Maritime Continent rice growing regions. In rice suitable climate assessment, it has been found that the Maritime Continent rice growing region, the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the Southeast Asian rice growing regions have witnessed better rice suitable climates than other rice growing regions during the last 42 years (1980–2021).https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/11/3/52ITCZwalker cellhadley cellmonsoonriceOLR |
| spellingShingle | Somnath Jha Mourani Sinha Anupam Kumar New Normal in ITCZ and Its Role in Altering Agroclimatic Suitability for Rice Production Climate ITCZ walker cell hadley cell monsoon rice OLR |
| title | New Normal in ITCZ and Its Role in Altering Agroclimatic Suitability for Rice Production |
| title_full | New Normal in ITCZ and Its Role in Altering Agroclimatic Suitability for Rice Production |
| title_fullStr | New Normal in ITCZ and Its Role in Altering Agroclimatic Suitability for Rice Production |
| title_full_unstemmed | New Normal in ITCZ and Its Role in Altering Agroclimatic Suitability for Rice Production |
| title_short | New Normal in ITCZ and Its Role in Altering Agroclimatic Suitability for Rice Production |
| title_sort | new normal in itcz and its role in altering agroclimatic suitability for rice production |
| topic | ITCZ walker cell hadley cell monsoon rice OLR |
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