Research Article
Possible Influence of the Cultivated Land Reclamation on Surface Climate in India: A WRF Model Based Simulation
Table 2
Spatial pattern of the simulated and observed values of the annual average near-surface temperature in India for the year of 2010.
| | City | Coordinates | Location | Observed value of temperature (°C) | Simulated value of temperature (°C) | Difference (°C) |
| | Ludhiana | (31.05N, 77.34E) | North | 14.2 | 13.0 | | | Madurai | (10.19N, 79.23E) | South | 35.0 | 33.5 | | | Chennai | (14.05N, 80.29E) | Plain | 16.6 | 17.4 | 0.8 | | Bangalore | (13.92N, 77.12E) | Mountainous area | 33.2 | 32.9 | | | Visakhapatnam | (18.90N, 83.28E) | Coastal area | 30.9 | 30.3 | | | Hyderabad | (18.23N, 78.27E) | Inland | 32.8 | 32.7 | |
|
|
Note: The historical data come from http://sdwebx.worldbank.org/climateportal/index.cfm.
|
