Impacts of Land Cover Change on the Near-Surface Temperature in the North China Plain

Table 6

Simulated and observed values of the seasonal average temperature at 2 meters above the ground surface in the North China Plain (unit: °C).

	Winter	Spring	Summer	Autumn
Simulated value	0.89	12.76	23.03	14.27
Observed value	1.33	14.43	25.72	15.27
Difference between simulated value and observed value	0.44	1.67	2.68	0.99