Brief Communication: Climate, topographical and meteorological investigation of the 16-17 June 2013 Kedarnath (India) disaster causes

Singh, Rajesh; Siingh, Devendraa; Gokani, Sneha A.; Buchunde, P.S.; Singh, R.P.; Singh, A.K.

dc.contributor.author	Singh, Rajesh
dc.contributor.author	Siingh, Devendraa
dc.contributor.author	Gokani, Sneha A.
dc.contributor.author	Buchunde, P.S.
dc.contributor.author	Singh, R.P.
dc.contributor.author	Singh, A.K.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-12-14T11:24:36Z
dc.date.accessioned	2021-02-12T09:21:24Z
dc.date.available	2015-12-14T11:24:36Z
dc.date.available	2021-02-12T09:21:24Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.citation	Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., v.3, p.941-953, 2015, doi: 10.5194/nhessd-3-941-2015	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/826
dc.description.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.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Climate	en_US
dc.subject	Topographical	en_US
dc.subject	Meteorological	en_US
dc.subject	Disaster causes	en_US
dc.subject	Kedarnath	en_US
dc.subject	Monsoon	en_US
dc.title	Brief Communication: Climate, topographical and meteorological investigation of the 16-17 June 2013 Kedarnath (India) disaster causes	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.identifier.accession	091490