Forecasts of fog events in northern India dramatically improve when weather prediction models include irrigation effects

Abstract Dense wintertime fog regularly impacts Delhi, severely affecting road and rail transport, aviation and human health. Recent decades have seen an unexplained increase in fog events over northern India, coincident with a steep rise in wintertime irrigation associated with the introduction of...

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Main Authors: Daniel K. E. Smith, Srinivas Reka, Stephen R. Dorling, Andrew N. Ross, Ian A. Renfrew, A. Jayakumar, T. J. Anurose, Avinash N. Parde, Sachin D. Ghude, Heather Rumbold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01314-w