Urbanization effects in large-scale temperature records, with an emphasis on China

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Jones, P D ^a   Lister, D H ^a   Li, Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; URBAN PLANNING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT ISLAND; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBANIZATION; DATA SET; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RURAL AREA; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WARMING;

ASIA; AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CHINA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; VIENNA; WESTERN EUROPE;

SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

20TH CENTURY; CHINESE MAINLAND; CLIMATIC WARMING; DATA SETS; GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; RURAL LOCATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; STATION DATA; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 56249084277     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009916     Document Type: Article

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