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Contribution of urbanization to warming in China

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  • Ying Sun

    (National Climate Center, Laboratory for Climate Studies, China Meteorological Administration
    Joint Center for Global Change Studies)

  • Xuebin Zhang

    (Environment and Climate Change Canada)

  • Guoyu Ren

    (National Climate Center, Laboratory for Climate Studies, China Meteorological Administration
    Joint Center for Global Change Studies)

  • Francis W. Zwiers

    (Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, University of Victoria)

  • Ting Hu

    (National Climate Center, Laboratory for Climate Studies, China Meteorological Administration)

Abstract

The contribution of urbanization to warming in China has been difficult to quantify owing to the proximity of rural stations to urban areas. A novel detection and attribution analysis separates the contribution of all external forcings, and shows that urbanization accounts for about one-third (0.5 °C) of the total warming signal in China (1.4 °C).

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  • Ying Sun & Xuebin Zhang & Guoyu Ren & Francis W. Zwiers & Ting Hu, 2016. "Contribution of urbanization to warming in China," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 6(7), pages 706-709, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:6:y:2016:i:7:d:10.1038_nclimate2956
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2956
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