16. The deadly combination of heat and humidity in India and Pakistan in summer 2015

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2016, Pages S81-S86

  Wehner, Michael ^a   Stone, Dáithí ^a   Krishnan, Hari ^a   Achutarao, Krishna ^b   Castillo, Federico ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; HEAT WAVES; PAKISTAN;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 85011685171     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0145.1     Document Type: Article

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