"Urbanization effects" refers to the impact or changes that occur when an area becomes more urbanized, meaning there is a growth in cities, towns, and infrastructure. These effects can be both positive and negative, such as improved access to services and job opportunities, but also challenges like increased pollution and crowded living conditions.
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Jones has revisited China in a JGR 2008 article «
Urbanization effects in large - scale temperature records, with an emphasis on China», saying «Urban - related warming over China is shown to be about 0.1 °C decade − 1 over the period 1951 — 2004.»
Indeed, a portion of that small linear trend difference might be due to human CO2 emissions; or, then again, it might be due to the
vast urbanization effect over the last 60 + years; or due to the large deforestation that's taken place; or, maybe it's entirely due to the serial fabrication of global warming by the world's climate agencies; or it's even possible that the post-1950 warming was entirely a natural phenomenon - the same as the prior 64 - year period experience.
When climate scientists first began homogenizing temperature data, the PDO had yet to be named, so I would like to suggest instead of a deliberate climate science conspiracy, it was their ignorance of the PDO coupled with
overwhelming urbanization effects that caused the unwarranted adjustments by causing «natural change points» that climate scientists had yet to comprehend.
In 2007, I published a peer - reviewed paper alleging that some important research relied upon by the IPCC (for the treatment
of urbanization effects) was fraudulent.
Other Relevant Notes: On 18 February 2008, Professor Jones (Lead author of the 1990 Nature paper) sent me a manuscript, «
Urbanization effects in large ‐ scale temperature records, with an emphasis on China» which was recently submitted to J. Geophysical Research for publication.
Or that not one tree ring study (from locations where temperatures are not influenced
by urbanization effects) supports Muller's interpretation of rapidly rising temperatures.
Sciencecodex: A recent study indicated that the urbanization in eastern China has significant impact on the observed surface warming and the temporal - spatial variations of
urbanization effect have been comprehensively detected.
Instead of eliminating
the urbanization effects, these wrong - way corrections makes the urban warming trends steeper.
Jones: -LSB-...] every effort has been made to use data that are either rural and / or where
the urbanization effect has been removed as well as possible by statistical means.
These urbanization effects at Marysville created a rising trend that CO2 advocate scientists expect.
Charts show the final temperature difference from the baseline period (1950 - 1980) along with adjustments made based on partial / missing data and
urbanization effect.
Why not just look at the raw data, weight the raw data depending on the compliance with both siting compliance and
the urbanization effect, and go from there?
Valid reasons include adjustments for changes in the time - of - day of the reading, changes to the instrument's location or type, and
urbanization effects.
Jones et al. (1990) have assessed
the urbanization effects in time series of surface air temperature over land areas in European parts of the CIS, eastern Australia, and eastern China.
Inhomogeneities in the data arise mainly due to changes in instruments, exposure, station location (elevation, position), ship height, observation time,
urbanization effects, and the method used to calculate averages.