Soil temperatures in four metropolitan cities of Korea from 1960 to 2010: Implications for climate change and urban heat

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5215-5230

  Cheon, Jeong Yong ^a   Ham, Bong Sik ^b   Lee, Jin Yong ^b   Park, Youngyun ^b   Lee, Kang Kun ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Climate change; Global warming; Soil temperature; Time series analysis; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; RURAL AREAS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR TEMPERATURE CHANGES; COASTAL CITIES; INCHEON; MAXIMUM CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; METROPOLITAN CITIES; SOIL TEMPERATURE; URBANIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT ISLAND; METROPOLITAN AREA; RURAL AREA; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES; URBANIZATION;

INCHEON [SOUTH KOREA]; PUSAN [SOUTH KOREA]; SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA; TAEJON [SOUTH KOREA];

EID: 84901635487     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2924-8     Document Type: Article

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