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Hale et al. 2006
Hale, R.C., Gallo, K.P., Owen, T.W. and Loveland, T.R. (2006). Land use/land cover change effects on temperature trends at U.S. Climate Normals stations. Geophysical Research Letters 33: doi: 10.1029/2006GL026358. issn: 0094-8276.

Alterations in land use/land cover (LULC) in areas near meteorological observation stations can influence the measurement of climatological variables such as temperature. Urbanization near climate stations has been the focus of considerable research attention, however conversions between non-urban LULC classes may also have an impact. In this study, trends of minimum, maximum, and average temperature at 366 U.S. Climate Normals stations are analyzed based on changes in LULC defined by the U.S. Land Cover Trends Project. Results indicate relatively few significant temperature trends before periods of greatest LULC change, and these are generally evenly divided between warming and cooling trends. In contrast, after the period of greatest LULC change was observed, 95% of the stations that exhibited significant trends (minimum, maximum, or mean temperature) displayed warming trends.

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Keywords
Global Change, Climate variability (1635, 3305, 3309, 4215, 4513), Global Change, Land cover change, Global Change, Remote sensing, Atmospheric Processes, Climate change and variability (1616, 1635, 3309, 4215, 4513), Atmospheric Processes, Land/atmosphere interactions (1218, 1631, 1843)
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Geophysical Research Letters
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