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- Title
Urban and rural temperature trends in proximity to large US cities: 1951–2000.
- Authors
Stone Jr., Brian
- Abstract
The article presents a study which aims to compare the time-series analyses of urban and rural temperature trends in proximity to the most populous metropolitan areas of the U.S. It also examines the temperature data from the urban and proximate rural stations for 50 large metropolitan areas in the U.S. to determine the mean decadal rate of change in urban temperatures, rural temperatures, as well as heat island intensity between 1951 and 2000. The study reveals that the mean decadal rate of change in the heat island intensity of large cities in the U.S. over the five decades is 0.05 degree Celsius and indicates a division concerning the temperature trends between cities in the northeastern and southern regions in the U.S.
- Subjects
UNITED States; TEMPERATURE; URBAN temperature; ATMOSPHERIC temperature; TIME series analysis; METROPOLITAN areas; URBAN heat islands; CLIMATE change; URBAN planning
- Publication
International Journal of Climatology, 2007, Vol 27, Issue 13, p1801
- ISSN
0899-8418
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/joc.1555