A 19th Century Baseline Temperature Estimate for Peninsular India from Combined Analysis of Geothermal and Meteorological Records

Akkiraju, Vyasulu V. ; Roy, Sukanta ; Tiwari, V. M. ; Shalivahan, (2018) A 19th Century Baseline Temperature Estimate for Peninsular India from Combined Analysis of Geothermal and Meteorological Records Journal of the Geological Society of India, 92 (5). pp. 542-547. ISSN 0016-7622

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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-018-1064-x

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12594-018-1064-x

Abstract

Direct information about climate change from meteorological surface air temperature records are available in India only since 1901 A.D. Meteorological surface air temperature (SAT) data for the period 1901–2006 from 49 sites in peninsular India have been combined with the geothermal data from 146 sites to extract a baseline (or pre-observational mean, POM) surface temperature prior to the existence of the observational record in the region. Periodicities of 5, 11 and 22 years in the SAT time series have little influence on the combined analysis to infer long-term climate change. The best estimate of the long-term average temperature for the 19th Century is 0.7 °C lower than the 1961–1990 mean temperature. Considering the additional warming of 0.38°C relative to the 1961–1990 mean over a 10-year window centred on the year 2000, the hybrid POM-SAT method suggests that the total surface warming in peninsular India from mid-1800s to early- 2000s is about 1.1 °C. The study provides new evidence for significant warming prior to the establishment of widespread meteorological stations in peninsular India.

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