The Deadly Combination of Heat and Humidity in India and Pakistan in Summer 2015

Wehner, Michael; Stone, Dáithí; Krishnan, Hari; AchutaRao, Krishna; Castillo, Federico

doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0145.1

Title: The Deadly Combination of Heat and Humidity in India and Pakistan in Summer 2015

Abstract

We find that the deadly heat waves in India and Pakistan in 2015 were exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change. Although the impacts of both events were severe, the events themselves were not connected to each other.

Authors:

Wehner, Michael ^[1]; Stone, Dáithí ^[1]; Krishnan, Hari ^[1]; AchutaRao, Krishna ^[2]; Castillo, Federico ^[3]

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Indian Inst. of Technology (IIT) Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi (India)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

Publication Date:: Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2016

Research Org.:: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

OSTI Identifier:: 1379595

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 97; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-0007

Publisher:: American Meteorological Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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                    Wehner, Michael, Stone, Dáithí, Krishnan, Hari, AchutaRao, Krishna, and Castillo, Federico. The Deadly Combination of Heat and Humidity in India and Pakistan in Summer 2015.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Wehner, Michael, Stone, Dáithí, Krishnan, Hari, AchutaRao, Krishna, & Castillo, Federico. The Deadly Combination of Heat and Humidity in India and Pakistan in Summer 2015.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0145.1

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                    Wehner, Michael, Stone, Dáithí, Krishnan, Hari, AchutaRao, Krishna, and Castillo, Federico. Thu .  
"The Deadly Combination of Heat and Humidity in India and Pakistan in Summer 2015".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0145.1.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1379595.

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  title        = {The Deadly Combination of Heat and Humidity in India and Pakistan in Summer 2015},

  author       = {Wehner, Michael and Stone, Dáithí and Krishnan, Hari and AchutaRao, Krishna and Castillo, Federico},

  abstractNote = {We find that the deadly heat waves in India and Pakistan in 2015 were exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change. Although the impacts of both events were severe, the events themselves were not connected to each other.},

  doi          = {10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0145.1},

  journal      = {Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society},

  number       = 12,

  volume       = 97,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2016},

  month        = {Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2016}

}

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