Exploratory data analysis on temperature data of Indian states from 1800–2013 (Analysis of trends in temperature data for prediction modelling)

Information about climate changes is required at global, regional and basin levels for a variety of purposes, including the study of impact of the greenhouse gases. The analyses mentioned in this research relate to the observation of trends in the temperatures of the Indian states. The research begins with the exposition of the ongoing analysis methodologies prevalent in exploratory analysis and prediction modeling on temperature data. It further develops into the proposed work, where the analysis of means of the average temperatures observed across the Indian states from 1800–2013 is summarized, which in turn is found to reveal confounding results. The proposed work concludes with further focused analysis of geographically similar states, namely the states lying on the Indo-Gangetic plains, which reveal encouraging results, thereby showing an occurrence of a trend. The research concludes with the propounding of the future scope, which includes modeling for predicting the average temperatures which can be attained over the next few decades, which in turn would be significant for the observation of the corollaries of global warming in India.