Introduction

This book comprises the select proceedings of the International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy and Society. The book is divided into four parts.

Part I: Climatic Characteristics

Part I deals with some aspects of climatic characteristics ranging from changes in temperature and sunshine hours to downscaling to global climate patterns and effects of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) on extreme rainfall.

Part II: Rainfall Analysis

Part II covers rainfall analysis, including changes in regional rainfall series, analysis of non-stationarity, summer monsoon, and rainfall scenarios.

Part III: Impacts of Climate Change

Impacts of climate change are treated in Part III. Change point analysis, greenhouse gas emissions, rainfall variability, water resources variability, and water resources sustainability are discussed in this part.

Part IV: Drought and Low Flow

The concluding Part IV is on low flow and drought. It deals with the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) concept and assessment of drought.

This book is of interest to researchers and practitioners in the field of water resources, hydrology, environmental resources, agricultural engineering, watershed management, and earth sciences, as well as those engaged in natural resources planning and management. Graduate students and those wishing to conduct further research in water and environment and their development and management find the book to be of value.