Urbanization effect on the diurnal temperature range: Different roles under solar dimming and brightening

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1022-1027

  Wang, Kai ^a   Ye, Hong ^a   Chen, Feng ^a   Xiong, Yongzhu ^a   Wang, Cuiping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic effects; Radiative forcing; Urban meteorology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RURAL STATIONS; URBAN AND RURAL AREAS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; METEOROLOGY; RADIATION EFFECTS;

RURAL AREAS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEAT ISLAND; METEOROLOGY; RADIATIVE FORCING; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN CLIMATE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84863044554     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-10-05030.1     Document Type: Article

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