Quantifying the effect of urbanization on u.s. Historical climatology network temperature records

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 481-494

  Hausfather, Zeke ^a   Menne, Matthew J ^b   Williams, Claude N ^b   Masters, Troy ^c   Broberg, Ronald ^d   Jones, David ^e  

^a C3 Energy ^*  (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e Climate Code Foundation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; NASA; URBAN GROWTH;

HISTORICAL CLIMATOLOGIES; HOMOGENIZATION PROCESS; MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE SERIES; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; URBAN AND RURAL; URBAN CLASSIFICATION; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT ISLAND; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HOMOGENEITY; INSTRUMENTATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBANIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880559122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018509     Document Type: Article

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