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DOI 10.1007/s00382-019-05093-5
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Titel (primär) On the role of the atlantic ocean in exacerbating indian heat waves
Autor Hari, V.; Villarini, G.; Zhang, W.
Quelle Climate Dynamics
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
Department CHS
Band/Volume 54
Heft 3-4
Seite von 1887
Seite bis 1896
Sprache englisch
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Abstract Summer heat waves over India have been increasing in frequency and severity during recent decades, and are responsible for thousands of deaths among those segments of the Indian population who lack basic adaptation resources. Despite its importance, our understanding of the causes of these heat waves is still limited and largely based on basic statistical analyses, rather than on physical processes. Here, using observations and climate model experiments we show that Indian heat waves during the 1961–2010 period were only weakly driven by Indian Ocean sea surface temperature (SST), but were instead strongly tied to SST in the Atlantic Ocean. The conditions in the Atlantic that drove these heat waves were exacerbated by greenhouse gas emissions rather than natural forcing, revealing the complex but prominent role played by anthropogenic forcing in the suffering faced by tens of millions of Indians over recent decades.
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Hari, V., Villarini, G., Zhang, W. (2020):
On the role of the atlantic ocean in exacerbating indian heat waves
Clim. Dyn. 54 (3-4), 1887 - 1896 10.1007/s00382-019-05093-5