Research Article
A Comparison of Two Methods on the Climatic Effects of Urbanization in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Area
Table 1
Results of recent studies of the urban heat island effects in China at regional and national scales.
| Study area | Method | Time period | UHI warming (°C decade−1) | References |
| Mainland China | UMR | 1954–2004 | <0.012 | [5] | Yangtze River Delta | UMR | 1961–2005 | 0.069 | [37] | North China | UMR | 1961–2000 | 0.11 | [10] | China | Comparison with SST | 1951–2004 | 0.1 | [38] | Northeast China | UMR | 1954–2005 | 0.027 | [6] | Southeast China | OMR | 1979–1998 | 0.05 | [26] | East of 110°E over China | OMR | 1960–1999 | 0.12 | [39] | China | OMR | 1960–1999 | 0.14 | [40] | East China | OMR and UMR | 1981–2007 | OMR: 0.398, 0.260, 0.214, 0.167 UMR: 0.285, 0.207, 0.135, 0.077 for stations from metropolises, large cities, medium cities, and small cities | [36] |
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