Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Limited influence of irrigation on pre-monsoon heat stress in the Indo-Gangetic Plain

  • Roshan Jha,
  • Arpita Mondal,
  • Anjana Devanand,
  • M. K. Roxy,
  • Subimal Ghosh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31962-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Pre-monsoon irrigation over the Indo-Gangetic Plain is often misrepresented in model-driven hypothesis. Using actual census-based data and realistic model simulations, the authors show that irrigation has limited role in enhancing heat stress in the region.