9 articles in this issue
Ghulam Rasul,Q Z Chaudhry
The Asian monsoon is the most significant component of the global climate system. During recent two decades, concerned efforts have been made to investigate the Asian monsoon. A substantial achievement has been made in basic physical processes, predictabi... see more
Syed Mushtaq Ali Shah,Alam Zeb,Shahzad Mahmood
In this report, changes in the rainfall activity, minimum, maximum and mean temperatures have been studied on monthly as well as on seasonal basis during the pre-monsoon season (April-June) 2009. The data was collected from 11 meteorological observatories... see more
Naseer Ahmed,Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmed,Dr. Gulraiz Akhtar
NW Himalayan fold and thrust belt is one of the most seismically active belt of Pakistan. The study area falls with in latitude of 320-350 30/ E and longitude 710-750 15/ N covering an area of 1, 40, 000 sq2 km. It is nearly 250km wide and 560 km long irr... see more
Muhammad Afzal,Qamar ul Zaman
This research is an effort to understand the heavy rainfall phenomenon which gripped the upper area of Pakistan from 4–9 July 2008. This week lasting event created close to flood situation in Lai Nullah basin of Islamabad. The focus is mainly kept at floo... see more
Nadeem Faisal,Akhlaq Jameel
Pakistan has the history of occurrence of severe weather phenomena in different parts of country - mainly in northern and central parts of country. A tornado occurred at Chak Misran, Bhalwal in Sargodha district on the evening of March 28, 2001 at about 1... see more
Naeem Sadiq,Ijaz Ahmad
This Paper is an innovation of microclimate analysis of Karachi (coastal-urban) accompanying comparison of Hyderabad (urban) and Badin (rural) with it. Temperature along several interrelated tenement meteorological parameters like precipitation, thunderst... see more
Ghazala Naheed,Ghulam Rasul
Cotton is one of the foremost crops which are grown in the kharif season and it plays a very important role in Pakistan’s economy, around two third of the country’s export earnings are from the cotton. Like all crops, a cotton plant's water requirement va... see more
Maida Zahid,Ghulam Rasul
Heat index is a serious threat to health in Southern Punjab, almost all parts of Sindh, South eastern Balochistan extending upto coast and plains of North Eastern Balochistan of Pakistan particularly during summer. The temperature is rising due to anthrop... see more
Farrukh Bashir,Dr.Ghulam Rasul
Northern Pakistan is one of the biggest repositories of snow and glaciated ice, outside polar region, throughout the world. Seasonal snow, bestowed by western depression on lofty mountains of HKH range in winter, generates runoff on melting in summers and... see more