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The present study examines the changes in monthly streamflows and their linkages with rainfall variability in the Middle Tapi basin (MTB), India. The Middle Tapi basin (area ≈ 32,920 km2) is part of Tapi basin (area ≈ 65,145 km2) located in the western part of central India. The Girna, Bori and Panjhara rivers are the major gauged tributaries of the Tapi River in the Middle Tapi basin. The streamflow data of eight stream gauging stations on the Tapi River and its tributaries for the period 1973–2013 were collected and analyzed. The non-parametric Modified Mann–Kendall (MMK) and Spearman’s Rho (SR) tests have been used to evaluate the trends in mean monthly streamflows and total monthly rainfall series for all the stream gauging stations. Further, the Sen’s slope estimator test is employed to compute the slope of trend magnitude and percentage changes in the trend. The trends in mean streamflow exhibited spatial homogeneity, wherein, decreasing trends are observed at all stations in the MTB during June (except Savkheda stream gauging station) and August months; while, spatial heterogeneity is observed for July and September months. The total monthly rainfall exhibited dichotomic fluctuations in their trends, wherein, largely increasing trend has been reported for the August month, and decreasing trend is observed for the September month across the MTB. The analysis carried out in the present study would enhance the understanding of the hydro-climatic interactions and influence of climate variability on streamflows within the Middle Tapi basin.
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The authors are also thankful to Tapi Division, Central Water Commission CWC), Surat; Ukai Civil Circle, Ukai; Tapi Irrigation Development Corporation (TIDC), Jalgaon and India Meteorological Department (IMD), Pune for providing necessary data to conduct the present study. The first author gratefully acknowledges the financial support received from Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India vide their letter number DST/INSPIRE Fellowship/2015/IF150634 dated January 11, 2016.
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Sharma, P.J., Patel, P.L., Jothiprakash, V. (2021). Changes in Monthly Hydro-Climatic Indices for Middle Tapi Basin, India. In: Jha, R., Singh, V.P., Singh, V., Roy, L.B., Thendiyath, R. (eds) Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 98. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64202-0_36
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