Satellite based estimation and validation of rainfall distribution in monsoon over Washim (Maharashtra), India

Worldwide agriculture is sensitive to short-term changes in weather and to seasonal, annual and longer-term variations in climate. The variations in the meteorological parameters have overriding influence on the agricultural systems. It is widely believed that developing countries such as India will be impacted more severely than developed countries, where, about 56% of the net cultivated area is rain-fed that largely depends on monsoon rainfall.