IIT-Madras, Guwahati Varsity research identifies when monsoon can arrive at a location

Chennai, Nov 10 (UNI) When does the monsoon actually arrive at a particular location? Researchers at the IIT-Madras and Guwahati University, Assam, have developed a climate-network approach that can distinguish between a short-lived local rain spell and the arrival of the large-scale, sustained monsoon system. The study introduces an objective method to identify the large-scale onset of the monsoon at individual locations by tracking how clusters of local rainfall onsets across India organise into a much larger, interconnected system. The approach could complement conventional monsoon onset definitions and potentially provide more reliable information for decisions related to sowing, water resources,…