Large-scale warming is not urban

David E. Parker ()
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David E. Parker: Hadley Centre, Meteorological Office

Nature, 2004, vol. 432, issue 7015, 290-290

Abstract: Abstract Controversy has persisted1,2 over the influence of urban warming on reported large-scale surface-air temperature trends. Urban heat islands occur mainly at night and are reduced in windy conditions3. Here we show that, globally, temperatures over land have risen as much on windy nights as on calm nights, indicating that the observed overall warming is not a consequence of urban development.

Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1038/432290a

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