The tale of two climates - Baltimore and Phoenix urban LTER sites

Anthony Brazel; Nancy Selover; Russell Vose; Gordon Heisler

doi:10.3354/cr015123

The tale of two climates - Baltimore and Phoenix urban LTER sites

Anthony Brazel, Nancy Selover, Russell Vose, Gordon Heisler

Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, School of (SGSUP)

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Two Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites now include urban areas (Baltimore, Maryland and Phoenix, Arizona). A goal of LTER in these cities is to blend physical and social science investigations to better understand urban ecological change. Research monitoring programs are underway to investigate the effects of urbanization on ecosystems. Climate changes in these urban areas reflect the expanding population and associated land surface modifications. Long-term urban climate effects are detectable from an analysis of the GHCN (Global Historical Climate Network) database and a comparison of urban versus rural temperature changes with decadal population data. The relation of the urban versus rural minimum temperatures (ΔTmin_u-r) to population changes is pronounced and non-linear over time for both cities. The ΔTmax_u-r data show no well-defined temporal trends.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	123-135
Number of pages	13
Journal	Climate Research
Volume	15
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3354/cr015123
State	Published - Jul 20 2000

Keywords

Baltimore
GHCN temperature time series
Land cover
Land use
Long-Term Ecological Research
Phoenix
Urban climate

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Environmental Chemistry
General Environmental Science
Atmospheric Science

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