India, April 24 -- A study by scientists at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) offers new insights into how rainfall varies throughout the day across the Western Ghats during the Indian summer monsoon, with implications for improving weather forecasts and climate models.

Titled "Diurnal characteristics of rainfall over the Western Ghats during the Indian summer monsoon," the study was published in Environmental Research Communications on April 15. It is authored by Utkarsh Verma, Samir Pokhrel, Patita Kalyana Sahoo, B. Abida Choudhury, Shivamurthy Yashas, Hemantkumar S. Chaudhari, Mahen Konwar and Subodh K. Saha.

The research examines the diurnal cycle, how rainfall intensity changes over 24 hours, and finds that monsoo...