Urbanization and seasonal temperature trends: observational evidence from a data‐sparse part of North America
Abstract Viewed from the continental or hemispheric perspective, the evidence of warming trends in surface temperatures continues to accumulate. Here, we focus on the detection of seasonal temperature trends at regional and sub‐regional space scales. The study region is transnational, extending from...
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crwiley:10.1002/joc.935 2024-06-02T08:11:34+00:00 Urbanization and seasonal temperature trends: observational evidence from a data‐sparse part of North America Englehart, Phil J. Douglas, Arthur V. 2003 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.935 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjoc.935 https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/joc.935 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor International Journal of Climatology volume 23, issue 10, page 1253-1263 ISSN 0899-8418 1097-0088 journal-article 2003 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.935 2024-05-03T11:27:56Z Abstract Viewed from the continental or hemispheric perspective, the evidence of warming trends in surface temperatures continues to accumulate. Here, we focus on the detection of seasonal temperature trends at regional and sub‐regional space scales. The study region is transnational, extending from the border areas of New Mexico and Texas in the USA, southward into the altiplano of north central Mexico. The analysis considers maximum and minimum temperature records (1941–2000) from 21 stations located in a variety of land‐use environments ranging from large urban settings to rural areas. The analysis demonstrates that a significant part of the variability in minimum temperatures for stations located in large urban areas is captured by positive linear trend, and thus is likely associated with rapid urbanization within the region. A similar, but comparatively minor, urban effect is also apparent in the maximum temperature records for the warm season (June–September). Aside from the urban influence, the most consistent feature emerging from the analysis is the tendency for station records to exhibit a recent (post—1970) warming trend. It is present across all place sizes, i.e. from large urban to rural stations, and is particularly pronounced for cool‐ and warm‐season minimum temperatures and for warm‐season maximum temperatures. This behaviour generally mirrors the temperature trends detected on continental and hemispheric space scales, and thus the onset of this warming regime is broadly consistent with documented changes in large‐scale climate modes such as the North Atlantic oscillation and the Atlantic multi‐decadal oscillation. Copyright © 2003 Royal Meteorological Society Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Wiley Online Library The Altiplano ENVELOPE(163.917,163.917,-78.133,-78.133) International Journal of Climatology 23 10 1253 1263 |
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Abstract Viewed from the continental or hemispheric perspective, the evidence of warming trends in surface temperatures continues to accumulate. Here, we focus on the detection of seasonal temperature trends at regional and sub‐regional space scales. The study region is transnational, extending from the border areas of New Mexico and Texas in the USA, southward into the altiplano of north central Mexico. The analysis considers maximum and minimum temperature records (1941–2000) from 21 stations located in a variety of land‐use environments ranging from large urban settings to rural areas. The analysis demonstrates that a significant part of the variability in minimum temperatures for stations located in large urban areas is captured by positive linear trend, and thus is likely associated with rapid urbanization within the region. A similar, but comparatively minor, urban effect is also apparent in the maximum temperature records for the warm season (June–September). Aside from the urban influence, the most consistent feature emerging from the analysis is the tendency for station records to exhibit a recent (post—1970) warming trend. It is present across all place sizes, i.e. from large urban to rural stations, and is particularly pronounced for cool‐ and warm‐season minimum temperatures and for warm‐season maximum temperatures. This behaviour generally mirrors the temperature trends detected on continental and hemispheric space scales, and thus the onset of this warming regime is broadly consistent with documented changes in large‐scale climate modes such as the North Atlantic oscillation and the Atlantic multi‐decadal oscillation. Copyright © 2003 Royal Meteorological Society |
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Englehart, Phil J. Douglas, Arthur V. Urbanization and seasonal temperature trends: observational evidence from a data‐sparse part of North America |
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Urbanization and seasonal temperature trends: observational evidence from a data‐sparse part of North America |
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Urbanization and seasonal temperature trends: observational evidence from a data‐sparse part of North America |
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Urbanization and seasonal temperature trends: observational evidence from a data‐sparse part of North America |
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