This 15-minute video — of a presentation given last month at the 19th Conference on Applied Climatology in Asheville — is for weather wonks, but if you're interested in understanding the impacts of urban areas on climate measurements, this could be for you.
Video by hausfath. Presentation of the paper "Assessing the urban heat island signal in the U.S. Historical Climatology Network monthly temperature data" by Z. Hausfather, M. J. Menne, D. Jones, R. Broberg, T. Masters, and C. N. Williams Jr. at the 19th Conference on Applied Climatology/36th Annual Meeting of the American Association of State Climatologists in Asheville, North Caroline, July 2011Read the full article
Video by hausfath. Presentation of the paper "Assessing the urban heat island signal in the U.S. Historical Climatology Network monthly temperature data" by Z. Hausfather, M. J. Menne, D. Jones, R. Broberg, T. Masters, and C. N. Williams Jr. at the 19th Conference on Applied Climatology/36th Annual Meeting of the American Association of State Climatologists in Asheville, North Caroline, July 2011Read the full article
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I believe it is the poor placement, along with poor maintenance of the surface stations that contribute to temperature inaccuracies.
Here is another paper on the subject that involvement of hundreds of citizens noting placement and conditions of the surface stations in the USA.
Visit the website of the project for even more information.
By Thunder Pig
08/11/2011