The effect of urban warming on the Northern Hemisphere temperature average

Journal Article · Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1989 · Journal of Climate; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(1989)002<0285:TEOUWO>2.0.CO;2· OSTI ID:5368323

Jones, P D; Kelly, P M; Goodess, C M ^[1]; Karl, T ^[2]

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1. Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom (GB)
2. National Climate Data Center, Federal Building Asheville, North Carolina

The significance of the urban warming effect on large-scale and hemispheric mean temperature series is assessed using estimates of the urbanization bias for stations in the United States produced by Karl {ital et} {ital al}. It is concluded that the Northern Hemisphere landmass average recently compiled by Jones {ital et} {ital al}. may contain a spurious warming trend which is, at the maximum, 0.1 {degree}C over the first eight decades of the twentieth century. This is considerably less than the long-term warming trend observed over the same period.

• OSTI ID: 5368323
• Journal Information: Journal of Climate; (USA), Vol. 2:3; ISSN 0894-8755
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
TEMPERATURE SURVEYS
CLIMATES
DATA ANALYSIS
URBAN AREAS
EARTH PLANET
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS
PLANETS
SURVEYS
500100* - Environment
Atmospheric- Basic Studies- (-1989)