TY  - BOOK
AU  - Devappa, V. M. 
AU  - Khageshan,  P. 
AU  - Mise, S. R. 
TI  - Pre-Monsoon Drought: a Case Study Of Gulbarga District In Karnataka, India
CY  - New Delhi : 
PB  - Serials Publications LTD.
KW  - Drought
KW  - Remote  Sensing
KW  - Topo sheets
KW  - Geographical Information System
N2  - Drought is a normal, recurrent feature of the climate. It occurs almost everywhere although its features vary from region to region. In the most general sense, drought originates from a deficiency of precipitation over an extended period of time, resulting in a water shortage for some activity group or environmental sector. Gulbarga district is one among the drought affected districts in Karnataka India, hence a detailed study of the drought conditions in the district is required. For the analysis of drought, rainfall data for the period from 1961-2008is collected for all available stations. The Pre-Monsoon rainfall to a certain extent contribute moisture budget which helps considerably to reduce the impact of drought in the area. The main objective of the study is to take up a thorough analysis of the study of the drought condition for pre-monsoon periods of the district. Remote sensing and Geographical information system tools are used for the analysis. In this period the probability of occurrence of pre-monsoon drought is equivalent to 76.14% of the normal. The analysis of rainfall records for all ten taluks indicated that most of the taluks were affected by drought during the years 1964 1965 1969 1972, 1973 1983 1984, 1987 out of these 1972 and 1973 were the worst drought affected years
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