Assessment of Maximum Possible Urbanization Influences on Land Temperature Data by Comparison of Land and Marine Data around Coasts

Global surface temperature trends, based on land and marine data, show warming of about 0.8 °C over the last 100 years. This rate of warming is sometimes questioned because of the existence of Urban Heat Islands (UHIs). In this study we compare the rate of temperature change estimated from measureme...

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Main Authors: Philip D. Jones, Dimitrios A. Efthymiadis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-12-01
Series:Atmosphere
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/1/1/51/