13/02/2012
National Seminar on RECENT TRENDS IN CLIMATE & IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SOUTH-WEST INDIA
[Source:http://www.devagiricollege.org/]
The Seminar
Climate change is a truly global challenge. It will impact all ecosystems and human societies, but in different ways and to different degrees. Addressing climate change requires involvement and action at the local, regional and global level, and Education has a central role to play in understanding, mitigating and adapting to climate change.
The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released in early 2007 has given an account of the ongoing Global Warming scenario and its effects on our climate and the sea level. Small island states are under threat and would be affected by storm surges associated with tropical cyclones even before they are submerged by the rising sea levels. The average temperature of the global atmosphere just above the surface of the earth has warmed through 0.74 degrees during the 20th century. Arctic air temperatures have increased at twice the global average. The IPCC report has also described the observed rapid increase in the concentration of green house gases (carbon-di-oxide, methane, nitrous oxide etc) in the atmosphere and states with a high degree of confidence that global warming since 1750 has been the net effect of human activities.
All India average air temperature has increased through about 0.6 degree Celsius during the 20th century. It is comparable to the global average. The recent decade has been the warmest in the last 150 years of daily temperature observations in India. The sea surface temperatures over the Arabian sea and the Bay of Bengal have shown increase during this period. The climate of India has also changed during the last 150 years. The observed change in climate has been in two ways (a) decadal change (a few decades of increase followed by a few decades of decrease, a sort of multi-decadal oscillation) and (b) long term trends, either decreasing or increasing. Monsoon onset dates over Kerala and the number of tropical cyclones per year in the Indian seas did not have any long term trend but had multi-decadal oscillations. Annual number of monsoon depressions and the monsoon rainfall of south Kerala (particularly over the slopes of the Western Ghats) had strong decreasing trends. On the other hand very heavy one day rainfall occurrences in India and the annual number severe tropical cyclones of the Indian seas had increasing trends. The strength of the low level monsoon winds flowing through peninsular India had a strong decreasing trend during the recent 50 years of good upper wind measurements which goes well with the observed decreasing trend in monsoon depression frequency. A very recent finding is that the Sea Surface Temperature of the equatorial central Indian ocean has had a phenomenal increasing trend in the recent 50 years which is much larger than anywhere else in the global tropics and during the previous 100 years. This is feared to have adverse impact on the Indian monsoon and the upper level wind and jetstream systems around India.
Global warming and Climate Change have wide ranging impacts on fresh water availability, fisheries, agricultural production and power generation and increased risk from extreme weather like severe cyclonic storms, short duration heavy rainfall and consequent flash floods and land slides and severe heat waves and the threatening sea level rise affecting adversely coastal areas and islands. This seminar will discuss all these issues with particular reference to south-west India
The Participants
The seminar is targeted at researchers doing research in various disciplines under this broad area, Interested Faculties, Scientists and Students.The number of participants expected is upto 200 and therefore the organizers may able to cater spot registration. However, interested participants are earnestly requested to register at the earliest and ensure their participation.
Submission of Abstracts & Papers
Being an inter disciplinary National Seminar in its nature, we invite original research papers from all areas of this topic. Presentation can be either oral or poster. Contributors are requested to submit the full paper not exceeding five A4 sheets including abstract, full text and figures in PDF/Word format to the co-ordinator either by post or email. Those who are selected for the presentation will be intimated in advance and are eligible for TA as per UGC norms. Accepted papers will be published in seminar proceedings.
Important Dates
Last date for submitting of papers: 7-10-2011
Last date for receiving registration form: 7-10-2011
Registration
Completed registration forms along with DD drawn in favour of Principal, St Joseph's, College, Calicut-8 payable at Calicut should be sent to the co-ordinator Registration forms can be downloaded from college website. Hotel accommodation on participant’s expenses shall be arranged during the seminar days on request if informed in advance.
Invited Speakers and Topics
Prof.P.V.Joseph, Prof. of Emeritus, Cochin University of Science and Technology & Former Director, India Meteorological Dept., Govt. of India (Global Warming And Climate Change In India,Particularly Kerala)
Dr. Ramesh Kumar, Deputy Director & Scientist G, NIO, GOA (Monsoons & cyclones: Role of Climate Change)
Prof. Prasad Rao, Kerala Agri. University (Impact of Climate change on food securityin south-west India)
Address for Communication
Dr. Benny Joseph, Co-ordinator, National Seminar
Department of Physics
St Joseph's College,
Devagiri, Calicut– 673008, Kerala
email: [email protected]
Ph: 0495-6515012
Mob: 9288907115
Advisory Committee
Fr. Joseph Paikada CMI, Manager (Patron)
Fr. Benny Sebastian CMI (Principal)
Prof.P.V.Joseph, Prof. of Emeritus, Cochin University of Science and Technology & Former Director, India Meteorological Dept., Govt. of India
Prof. George Varghese, Head, Dept. of Physics, University of Calicut
Dr. Ramesh Kumar, Deputy Director & Scientist G, POD, NIO, GOA
Prof. Vishnu Mayya Bannur, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Calicut
Prof . B R S Babu, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Calicut
Dr. K N Madhusoodanan, Dept. of Insrumentation, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Cochin
Dr. K Nandakumar, Joint Director, Centre for Nano Science and Technology, M G University, Kottayam
Dr. Ravikumar .C.D, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Calicut
Organising Committee
Mr. M S Mathew, Associate Professor, (HoD)
Mr. K V Chacko , Associate Professor (Convener)
Dr. Benny Joseph, Associate Professor , Coordinator
Mr. T L Jose, Associate Professor
Mr. S I Issac, Associate Professor
Mr. Charly Kattakayam, Associate Professor
Dr. Sreekumar.R, Associate Professor
Dr. Meril Mathew, Asistant Professor
Mr. Albert Thomas, Asistant Professor
Mr. Aparna N, Asistant Professor
Mr. Smera S, Asistant Professor
Envisioned by the CMI congregation and established in 1956, St. Joseph's College, popularly known as Devagiri College, was formally inaugurated by the then Governor of Madras. With great visionaries a...
