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Impact of land-use change on climate

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  • Russell S. Vose

    (National Climatic Data Center)

  • Thomas R. Karl

    (National Climatic Data Center)

  • David R. Easterling

    (National Climatic Data Center)

  • Claude N. Williams

    (National Climatic Data Center)

  • Matthew J. Menne

    (National Climatic Data Center)

Abstract

Urbanization and other changes in land use have an impact on surface-air temperatures. Kalnay and Cai1 report that the observed surface-temperature trend in part of the United States exceeds the trend in the NCEP/NCAR 50-year reanalysis (NNR) and conclude that changes in land use account for the difference (0.035 °C per decade according to their corrected values). Although land-use change may explain some of this discrepancy, the authors do not quantify the impact of the many changes in observational practice that occurred during the analysis period. Our findings indicate that these 'non-climatic' changes have a systematic effect that overwhelms the reported difference in trends and therefore calls Kalnay and Cai's central conclusion into question.

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  • Russell S. Vose & Thomas R. Karl & David R. Easterling & Claude N. Williams & Matthew J. Menne, 2004. "Impact of land-use change on climate," Nature, Nature, vol. 427(6971), pages 213-214, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:427:y:2004:i:6971:d:10.1038_427213b
    DOI: 10.1038/427213b
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    Cited by:

    1. Feng, Rundong & Wang, Kaiyong, 2021. "Spatiotemporal effects of administrative division adjustment on urban expansion in China," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).
    2. Pengke Shen & Shuqing Zhao, 2021. "1/4 to 1/3 of observed warming trends in China from 1980 to 2015 are attributed to land use changes," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 164(3), pages 1-19, February.
    3. Xingcai Liu & Zongxue Xu & Ruihong Yu, 2011. "Trend of climate variability in China during the past decades," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 109(3), pages 503-516, December.

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