A Comparison of Local and Regional Trends in Surface and Lower-Tropospheric Temperatures in Western North Carolina-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A Comparison of Local and Regional Trends in Surface and Lower-Tropospheric Temperatures in Western North Carolina

Published:2005-12-01 Issue:28 Volume:9 Page:1-9
ISSN:1087-3562
Container-title:Earth Interactions
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Author:

Easterling David R.¹,Goodge Grant¹,Menne Matthew J.¹,Williams Claude N.¹,Levinson David¹

Affiliation:

1. NOAA/National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, North Carolina

Abstract

Abstract Temperature time series for stations in western North Carolina are used to evaluate the potential for an urban signal in the local temperature trend, and to compare a homogeneous temperature record from a mountain-top station to two versions of the lower-tropospheric, satellite-derived temperatures from the Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU). Results regarding the urban signal are in agreement with the conclusion from previous investigations that after a location is urbanized, the local temperature trend is consistent with trends derived from surrounding, more rural stations. With respect to the mountain top and lower-tropospheric temperature comparison, the magnitudes of the two MSU-derived trends for the western North Carolina area are closer to the average annual minimum temperature trend than to the annual average maximum temperature trend.

Publisher

American Meteorological Society

Subject

General Earth and Planetary Sciences

Link

http://journals.ametsoc.org/ei/article-pdf/9/28/1/4102803/ei161_1.pdf

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