Evidence for a significant urbanization effect on climate in China

• DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0400357101
• Publication Date: 2004-06-18T00:19:33Z
• Authors: Liming Zhou; Robert E. Dickinson; Yuhong Tian; Jingyun Fang; Qingxiang Li; Robert K. Kaufmann; Compton J. Tucker; Ranga B. Myneni
• Keywords: Population density

China has experienced rapid urbanization and dramatic economic growth since its reform process started in late 1978. In this article, we present evidence for a significant effect on climate based analysis of impacts land-use changes surface temperature southeast China, where occurred. Our estimated warming mean 0.05°C per decade attributable to is much larger than previous estimates other periods locations. The spatial pattern magnitude our estimate are consistent with those characterized by the percentage urban population satellite-measured greenness.