Climate response to rapid urban growth: Evidence of a human-induced precipitation deficit

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2299-2306

  Kaufmann, Robert K ^a   Seto, Karen C ^b   Schneider, Annemarie ^c   Liu, Zouting ^d   Zhou, Liming ^e   Wang, Weile ^f  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Guangdong Meteorological Bureau   (China)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

HEAT ISLAND EFFECT; METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS; URBAN HEAT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT ISLAND; LAND USE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

EID: 34250623958     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4109.1     Document Type: Article

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