Estimation of urbanization bias in observed surface temperature change in China from 1980 to 2009 using satellite land-use data

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1708-1715

  Wang, Fang ^a   Ge, Quan Sheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

UHI effect; urban land use change; urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862789519     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-4999-0     Document Type: Article

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