Author(s)

Alaa Samy Hafez Megahed^1,2, S. Srikantaswamy^1*

¹Dept. of Studies in Environmental Science, University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
²Social Studies Department, Socio-economic Studies Division, Desert Research Center, Matariya, Cairo, Egypt.

The study aims to find out the changes of climate change parameters for Mysore district. To analyse the variations in climatic parameters like Rainfall and Temperature, data were used for a period of 1986-2016, and Humidity data were used for a period of 2000-2016 to study the nature of climate change in the region. The findings of the study show that the climate variability and climate change for Mysore district, the monthly Rainfall is increased and monsoon Rainfall shows a decrease in trend. And the monthly, summer, monsoon minimum Temperature shows that decrease. Generally, the monthly maximum Temperature has decreased, but in case of summer and monsoon seasons increased respectively, and the monthly Relative Humidity has increased (positive). There is a decrease in Relative Humidity from January to April, and increase in the Relative Humidity during Monsoon season for Mysore District. The Annual average of Relative Humidity shows that it is increased for Mysore District.

Climate Change, Rainfall, Temperature, Mysore District

Megahed, A. and Srikantaswamy, S. (2020) Study of the Indicators of Climate Change in Mysore District, Karnataka, India. Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, 10, 159-167. doi: 10.4236/acs.2020.102008.