Assessment of heavy precipitation events associated with floods due to strong moisture transport during summer monsoon over India

Integrated water vapor transport (IVT) detection algorithm is implemented over the Arabian Sea basin for the identification of strong moisture transport events (SMTs) over Indian subcontinent during 1979–2013. Attempt has been made through the spatiotemporal characteristics whether SMTs are responsible for the occurrence of heavy precipitation events (HPEs) and floods. The results demonstrated that the persistent SMTs are related to HPEs towards...