Sulin Tao
China
Research Article
Analysis of Temperature Variability over Desert and Urban Areas of Northern China
Author(s): Isaac Mugume, Shuanghe Shen, Sulin Tao and Godfrey MujuniIsaac Mugume, Shuanghe Shen, Sulin Tao and Godfrey Mujuni
Although many studies carried out have shown evidence of regional temperature variability along with global climate changes, it is important to compare the trends over different regions considering urbanization and levels of development. The study investigated temperature variability over urban and desert areas of Northern China using Mann-Kendall trend test, ranking temperatures and regression analysis for the data from 20 stations. The results show decreasing diurnal temperature range (DTR) over both deserts and cities in spring but decreasing (increasing) for cities (deserts) in summer (cities: -0.140°C/decade and deserts: 0.068°C/decade). The DTR over cities is decreasing faster in spring over deserts (cities: -0.307°C/decade, desert: 0.023°C/decade). The maximum temperature over desert areas is increasing at a higher rate (annual: 0.510°C/decade, spring: 0.540°C/decade and summer: 0.. View More»
