Elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration and temperature across an urban-rural transect

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 35, 2007, Pages 7654-7665

  George, K ^a,b   Ziska, L H ^a   Bunce, J A ^a   Quebedeaux, B ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Heat island; Long term; Microenvironment; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VAPOR PRESSURE;

MICROENVIRONMENT; URBAN ECOLOGY; VAPOR PRESSURE DEFICIT (VPD); VEHICULAR TRAFFIC;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOSSIL FUEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEAT ISLAND; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RURAL AREA; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; HUMIDITY; MICROCLIMATE; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VAPOR PRESSURE;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36048943577     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.08.018     Document Type: Article

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