Intensification of future severe heat waves in India and their effect on heat stress and mortality

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 569-579

  Murari, Kamal Kumar ^a,b   Ghosh, Subimal ^a   Patwardhan, Anand ^a,c   Daly, Edoardo ^d   Salvi, Kaustubh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate extremes; CMIP5; Heat stress; Heat wave; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939893526     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-014-0660-6     Document Type: Article

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