Climate warming and summer monsoon breaks drive compound dry and hot extremes in India

Summary: Considering the severe impacts of compound dry and hot extremes, we examine the primary drivers of CDHEs during the summer monsoon in India. Using ERA5 reanalysis, we show that most of the CDHEs in India occur during the droughts caused by the summer monsoon rainfall deficit. Despite a decl...

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Main Authors: Akshay Rajeev, Shanti Shwarup Mahto, Vimal Mishra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-11-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222016492