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  • Global Change
  • Global Change: Climate dynamics

Abstract

Global rural temperature trends

Thomas C. Peterson

National Climatic Data Center, NOAA/NESDIS, Asheville, NC

Kevin P. Gallo

Office of Research and Applications, NOAA/NESDIS, Washington, DC

Jay Lawrimore

National Climatic Data Center, NOAA/NESDIS, Asheville, NC

Timothy W. Owen

National Climatic Data Center, NOAA/NESDIS, Asheville, NC

Alex Huang

Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC

David A. McKittrick

Orkand Corporation, Asheville, NC

Using rural/urban land surface classifications derived from maps and satellite observed nighttime surface lights, global mean land surface air temperature time series were created using data from all weather observing stations in a global temperature data base and from rural stations only. The global rural temperature time series and trends are very similar to those derived from the full data set. Therefore, the well‐known global temperature time series from in situ stations is not significantly impacted by urban warming.

Received 23 November 1998; accepted 22 December 1998; .

Citation: Peterson, T. C., K. P. Gallo, J. Lawrimore, T. W. Owen, A. Huang, and D. A. McKittrick (1999), Global rural temperature trends, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26(3), 329–332.

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