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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2018-01-01
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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 |