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Assessment of Hydrological Changes in Godavari River Basin Under the Impacts of El-Niño
Department of WRD&M, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, India
Kasiapillai Sudalaimuthu Kasiviswanathan
Department of WRD&M, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, India
Claudia Teutschbein
Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 75236, Sweden
Bankaru-Swamy Soundharajan
Department of Civil Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, 641112, India
M M Diwan Mohaideen
Department of WRD&M, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, India
Venkatesh Budamala
Department of WRD&M, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, India
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This study focuses on advancing the current understanding of the impacts of the El Niño events on the hydrology of the Godavari River Basin (GRB). Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) hydrological model was employed to assess the hydrological changes and found a negative correlation of average precipitation, abstractions, and soil moisture with increasing magnitude of El Niño events for the period 1980–2008.
This study focuses on advancing the current understanding of the impacts of the El Niño events...