Climate Change Impact on Annual and Monthly Rainfall on Bhadar River Basin, India using Linear Regression and Innovative Trend Method 
Geeta S. Joshi1, Dhaven Rughani2, Vijay M. Rana3
1Geeta S. Joshi*, Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Technology & Engineering, Vadodara, India.
2Dhaven Rughani, Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Technology & Engineering, The Maharja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara. India.
3Vijay M. Rana, Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Technology & Engineering, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India.
Manuscript received on September 23, 2019. | Revised Manuscript received on October 15, 2019. | Manuscript published on October 30, 2019. | PP: 1120-1123 | Volume-9 Issue-1, October 2019 | Retrieval Number: A9496109119/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijeat.A9496.109119
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Abstract: Bhadar is one of the major rivers of Kathaiwar (Saurashtra) peninsula in Gujarat, India. It originates near Vaddi (Aniali Village) about 26 km north – west of Jasdan in Rajkot district of the state of Gujarat, India at an elevation of 261 m above mean sea level. Impact assessment of climate change over Bhadar river basin is carried out using two statistical methods of Trend Analysis i.e. linear Regression, and Innovative Trend method. Effect of climate change on annual rainfall and monthly rainfall are studied. Results show that there is an overall increase in annual rainfall trend in Bhadar river basin/catchment area at all stations except one station. The results for monthly rainfall show that the rainfall in the month of July and September shows increasing trend at all stations. The results obtained using Linear Regression and Innovative Trend method are found to be consistent.
Keywords: Rainfall, Bhadar River Basin, Linear Regression, Innovative Trend Method, Climate Change.