Extreme temperatures in Southeast Asia caused by El Niño and worsened by global warming

Kaustubh Thirumalai; Pedro N. DiNezio; Yuko Okumura; Clara Deser

doi:10.1038/ncomms15531

Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Extreme temperatures in Southeast Asia caused by El Niño and worsened by global warming

Kaustubh Thirumalai,
Pedro N. DiNezio,
Yuko Okumura,
Clara Deser

Affiliations

Kaustubh Thirumalai: Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, J. J. Pickle Research Campus
Pedro N. DiNezio: Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, J. J. Pickle Research Campus
Yuko Okumura: Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, J. J. Pickle Research Campus
Clara Deser: Climate and Global Dynamics Division, Climate Analysis Section, National Center for Atmospheric Research

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15531
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Record temperatures in mainland Southeast Asia in April 2016 had severe impacts on the population. Thirumalaiet al. show that all April extremes occur after El Niño years, and that global warming has increased the likelihood of such extremes.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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