Extreme heat in India and anthropogenic climate change

On 19 May 2016 the afternoon temperature reached 51.0 °C in Phalodi in the northwest of India – a new record for the highest observed maximum temperature in India. The previous year, a widely reported very lethal heat wave occurred in the southeast, in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, kill...

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Main Authors: G. J. van Oldenborgh, S. Philip, S. Kew, M. van Weele, P. Uhe, F. Otto, R. Singh, I. Pai, H. Cullen, K. AchutaRao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:https://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/18/365/2018/nhess-18-365-2018.pdf