It's always so much fun for kids to play outside in the rain. For this young bunch of amateur meteorologists, measuring these showers and assessing its impact on the local environment offers even more excitement.
As the world celebrated World Water Day on Tuesday, a group of students from St. Joseph's Upper Primary School in Malayinchippara brought out a book on the local rainfall database of the Meenachil river basin. Eminent conservationist Madhav Gadgil released the book at an online function held here.
The book primarily focusses on the size, intensity, duration and patterns of precipitation in the region over the past 250 days. Its details generally correlate with official measurements, while also helping one to understand the very localised nature of rainfall.
