Evaluation of Changes in Temperature Extremes in Vamsadhara River Basin, Odisha, India

With an emphasis on extreme events, several climate change indices that were derived from daily temperature data were computed and studied. Odisha is a coastal state of India which is severely prone to extreme events. With climate change, extreme events are also increasing in the world especially in coastal regions. Vamsadhara river basin which is situated at Odisha is selected for the study. The objective of this study was to compute and analyze the Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices (ETCCDI) extreme indices using CLIMPACT software. 14 temperature indices were used to analyze the signals of climate change in the study area. The IMD data for the period 1961-2022 has been used for the study. The trend detection of indices was done through Mann-Kendall test and magnitude of trend was calculated using Sen’s Slope estimator. The result showed that warm days (TX90), Diurnal temperature range (DTR) and Warm Spell Duration Index (WSDI) are increasing with 1%, 10% and 1% level of significance respectively. This indicates that indices associated with warming are increasing in river basin. The cold night (TX10) indices found to be decreasing with 10% level of significance and TNx showed a negative trend at 10% level of significance.