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AN ASSESSMENT OF RAINFALL VARIABILITY FOR SEVEN METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS IN BALOCHISTAN FROM 1999 TO 2020

. Romana Ambreen1, Mian Mazhar Waqas2, Ms. Hira Khan2, Abdul Manan3


Abstract

This study aims to investigate Rainfall variability in the province of Balochistan. Pakistan's largest province is Balochistan, but mostly it is a victim of disasters like drought and floods. Balochistan mostly receives rains from the western depression during winter only some of the stations receive monsoon rains during summer. High rainfall variability is shown in the area, which results in drought or floods. To avoid droughts and floods better management of rainwater is needed. So, rainfall data of seven meteorological stations of Balochistan from 1999 to 2020 are analyzed to find out the coefficient of rainfall variability. The results show that high rainfall variability prevails in the whole province.

 

Keywords: Rainfall variability, western disturbances, drought

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