Variable 1987 2009 2010 MAM JJAS OND MAM JJAS OND JFM MAM JJAS OND Precipitation (mm/day) +0.82 (CI+IGP), +0.93 (PI) -0.49, -0.85 +0.024, -0.37 +0.02, -0.04 -0.5, -1.5 -0.87, -0.68 -0.3, -0.2_ +0.69 +0.83 -0.87, -2.3 -0.8, -0.7 Precipitable water (mm) +2.08, +3.54 +0.92, +0.73 +2.05, +1.14 +2.9, +3.0 +1.73, +1.33 -1.3, -1.4 -0.13, +1.5 +4.67, +3.5 +1.7, +2.11 -0.67, +0.99 2meter-temperature (° C) +0.30, +0.67 -0.22, -0.01 +0.98, +0.71 +0.09, +1.34 -0.63, +0.25 +0.65, -1.16 +4, +4 -0.2 -0.64 +0.3, +1.27 +0.2, +1.4

Table 2: Effects of afforestation on precipitation anomaly over Central India and Indo-Gangetic plains (CI + IGP) and peninsular India (PI) during RegCM4.0-BATS-FOREST (RBATS-F) experiment when compared with baseline CTL experiment.