Sentences with phrase «urban land average»

The population of cities in the studied region grew annually, on average, at 2.8 %, in contrast to the rates of change for urban land average, which grew 2.0 % annually.

Not exact matches

This translates into an average temperature rise of 4.3 C over land in the northern hemisphere where most of the world's population lives, and even more in urban areas.

In my experimentation with the data, I found that it was virtually impossible to get results inconsistent with the NASA results — rural stations, urban stations, raw data, adjusted data — once you average data from a few dozen stations scattered around the world, everything settles right down to something that looks very much like the NASA land - temp.

To add to the confusion, «about 90 percent of the land - based data now being used to construct global averages are sampled in cities,» contaminating readings with an «urban heat island» effect.

The Urban Heat Island Effect Has Hopelessly Corrupted the Land Thermometer Data... substantial average UHI warming occurs even at low population densities, about ~ 1 deg.

«The urban heat island effect is locally large and real, but does not contribute significantly to the average land temperature rise.

Objection: The apparent rise of global average temperatures is actually an illusion due to the urbanization of land around weather stations, the Urban Heat Island effect.

I believe that that is supposedly about the fact that many land based stations were located close to urban areas 100 years ago, and are now in urban areas, that is the world average temperature is supposedly overstated because the weather stations aren't representative.

It was authored by Charlotte Wickham, Judith Curry, Don Groom, Robert Jacobsen, Richard Muller, Saul Perlmutter, Robert Rohde, Arthur Rosenfeld, and Jonathan Wurtele and is titled Influence of Urban Heating on the Global Temperature Land Average Using Rural Sites Identified from MODIS Classifications.

(Part of the How to Talk to a Global Warming Skeptic guide) Objection: The apparent rise of global average temperatures is actually an illusion due to the urbanization of land around weather stations, the Urban Heat Island effect.

2) Influence of Urban Heating on the Global Temperature Land Average Using Rural Sites Identified from MODIS Classifications Charlotte Wickham1, Judith Curry2, Don Groom3, Robert Jacobsen3, 4, Richard Muller3, 4, Saul Perlmutter3, 4, Robert Rohde5, Arthur Rosenfeld3, Jonathan Wurtele3, 4

So, if one billion atomic bombs had actually rained down at random over the Earth's surface over the last decade, then on average 30 million such bombs would have landed in urban areas.

In Los Angeles, for example, land for industrial developments — many of which are changing from industrial use to residential mixed - use — have averaged approximately $ 23 per sq. ft. at the beginning of 2014 and by year «s end, asking prices were as high as $ 32 per sq. ft.. There has been and continues to be keen competition for every developable site, with the urban core expanding into previously blighted areas.

Admission to the BBRE will require graduation from the Urban Land Economics Diploma or equivalent, with a grade point average of 2.0 (60 %) or greater.

The Urban Land Institute found that Farmscape's growing areas cost no more to maintain than traditional landscaping, yet residents pay an average of $ 7 more per month in rent to live in multifamily buildings that include the company's gardens.

A recent Urban Land Institute study of 95 apartment communities in various stages of development determined that the average developer was expecting operating income to provide a 10.7 percent annual return on development costs.