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Title: | Brief Communication: Climate, topographical and meteorological investigation of the 16-17 June 2013 Kedarnath (India) disaster causes |
Authors: | Singh, Rajesh Siingh, Devendraa Gokani, Sneha A. Buchunde, P.S. Singh, R.P. Singh, A.K. |
Keywords: | Climate Topographical Meteorological Disaster causes Kedarnath Monsoon |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Citation: | Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., v.3, p.941-953, 2015, doi: 10.5194/nhessd-3-941-2015 |
Abstract: | The devastating episode (17–18 June 2013) at Kedarnath (Uttrakhand, India) caused huge loss of lives and physical/material wealth. To understand this catastrophic event, rainfall/convective data and associated climate meteorological parameters are investigated. Low pressure zone with very high cloud cover (60–90%), and relative humidity (70–100%) associated with low (< 4 m s−1) wind velocity over Kedarnath region during 15–17 June are observed. The cause of disaster seems to be the heavy and continuous rainfall associated with snow melting and over flooding/collapse of the Chorabari Lake, located upstream. Monsoon advancement was much faster due to the presence of convectively active phase of the Madden Julian Oscillation. |
URI: | http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/826 |
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