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ArticleClimate dynamics2026

Anatomy of moist heatwaves in India during the summer monsoon season.

Akshay Deoras, Andrew G Turner, S Lekshmi, Cathryn E Birch, Ambrogio Volonté, Arathy Menon, Reinhard K H Schiemann, Laura J Wilcox

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Akshay DeorasNational Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6EG UK.ORCID 0009-0006-5407-6520
Andrew G TurnerNational Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6EG UK.
S LekshmiIndian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, 411008 India.
Cathryn E BirchSchool of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT UK.
Ambrogio VolontéNational Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6EG UK.
Arathy MenonMet Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB UK.
Reinhard K H SchiemannNational Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6EG UK.
Laura J WilcoxNational Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6EG UK.

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Abstract

Moist heat impairs the human body's ability to cool through sweat-based evaporative cooling, posing a serious health risk. In India, this risk is especially acute, since the Indian summer monsoon (ISM) brings abundant moisture, and socio-economic conditions significantly increase the exposure and vulnerability to moist heat. However, there is a limited understanding of the characteristics and large-scale drivers of moist heatwaves during the ISM. This study uses the ERA5 reanalysis to analyse moist heatwaves and their relationship with active and break periods of the ISM during 1940-2023. An empirical orthogonal function analysis of daily maximum wet-bulb temperature (T Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00382-025-08023-w.

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Active-break phasesBSISOIndian summer monsoonMoist heatwavesWet-bulb temperature

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PMID41710120
PMCPMC12909335

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