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On rising temperature trends at Dehradun in Doon valley of Uttarakhand, India

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Climate change is one of the most important issues among researchers, scientists, planners and politicians in the present times. Of all the climatic elements, temperature plays a major role in detecting climatic change brought about by urbanization and industrialization. This paper, therefore, attempts to study the temperature changes at Dehradun city by analyzing the time series data of annual maximum, minimum and mean temperature from 1967 to 2007. Data for the study has been analyzed in three parts by running linear regression and by taking anomalies for the whole period from 1967 to 2007, phase one 1967–1987 and phase two 1988–2007. The study of linear trend indicated increasing trends in annual maximum, annual minimum and annual mean temperatures. During 1967–2007 annual maximum, annual minimum and annual mean temperatures increased about 0.43°C, 0.38°C and 0.49°C, respectively. The analysis of temperature data in two phases also revealed an increase in annual maximum, annual minimum and annual mean temperature. However, temperature increase in second phase was more pronounced in relation to first phase. During second phase (1988–2007) annual maximum, annual minimum and annual mean temperatures increased about 0.42°C, 0.59°C and 0.54°C, respectively. The perceptible increase in temperature during second phase is mainly attributed to urbanization and industrialization process initiated at Dehradun particularly after becoming the state capital of newly carved out state of Uttarakhand since the year 2000. The analysis also highlight significantly the role of extreme vulnerability of rising temperatures at Dehradun and urban population will constantly be affected by the change in the temperature which controls the comfort level of the inhabitants. Also, the rising temperatures in Doon valley are not a healthy signature for crop production and water resources in the region.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun for providing the published data used in this study.

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  1. Department of Geography, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, 136 119, India

    OMVIR SINGH & POONAM ARYA

  2. Department of Geophysics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, 136 119, India

    BHAGWAN SINGH CHAUDHARY

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SINGH, O., ARYA, P. & CHAUDHARY, B.S. On rising temperature trends at Dehradun in Doon valley of Uttarakhand, India. J Earth Syst Sci 122, 613–622 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-013-0304-0

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