Articles | Volume 18, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-365-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-365-2018
Research article
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24 Jan 2018
Research article |  | 24 Jan 2018

Extreme heat in India and anthropogenic climate change

Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Sjoukje Philip, Sarah Kew, Michiel van Weele, Peter Uhe, Friederike Otto, Roop Singh, Indrani Pai, Heidi Cullen, and Krishna AchutaRao

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (28 Oct 2017) by Maria-Carmen Llasat
AR by Geert Jan van Oldenborgh (deceased) on behalf of the Authors (29 Oct 2017)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (17 Nov 2017) by Maria-Carmen Llasat
RR by Alexander Gershunov (21 Nov 2017)
RR by Fina Ambatlle (11 Dec 2017)
ED: Publish as is (27 Dec 2017) by Maria-Carmen Llasat
AR by Geert Jan van Oldenborgh (deceased) on behalf of the Authors (27 Dec 2017)
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On 19 May 2016 a temperature of 51.0 °C in Phalodi (northwest India) set a new Indian record. In 2015 a very lethal heat wave had occurred in the southeast. We find that in India the trend in extreme temperatures due to greenhouse gases is largely cancelled by increasing air pollution and irrigation. The health impacts of heat waves do increase due to higher humidity and air pollution. This implies that we expect heat waves to become much hotter as soon as air pollution is brought under control.
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