Projected Urbanization Impacts on Surface Climate and Energy Budgets in the Pearl River Delta of China

Table 4

Comparison of nine urban meteorological stations observed (OBS) and model simulated (SIM) mean air temperature (𝑇_2m, degree Celsius) and precipitation (P, millimeters) of the year 2005 over the 16 observation sites.

Site name	𝑇2m			Precipitation
	SIM	OBS	Error	SIM	OBS	Error
Lianxian	20.05	19.08	0.97	1636.0	1560.7	75.3
Shaoguan	20.50	21.64	−1.14	1772.2	1669.4	102.8
Fogang	21.42	19.74	1.68	1937.2	1780.3	156.9
Lianping	20.38	18.56	1.82	1834.3	1665.5	168.8
Guangning	21.43	21.92	−0.49	2013.4	2063.7	−50.3
Gaoyao	22.53	21.48	1.05	1905.2	1825.2	80.0
Guangzhou	22.78	22.5	0.27	1986.2	2012.0	−25.8
Dongyuan	22.17	21.7	0.47	2044.4	2005.6	38.8
Zengcheng	22.14	21.38	0.76	2278.3	2205.4	72.9
Huiyang	22.38	21.37	1.01	1709.2	1630.6	78.6
Luoding	22.98	21.76	1.22	1156.5	1092.9	63.6
Taishan	22.46	23.06	−0.60	1776.1	1724.6	51.5
Shenzhen	23.23	21.77	1.46	2143.6	2002.1	141.5
Shanwei	22.40	21.84	0.56	2093.3	2151.9	−58.6
Yangjiang	22.26	21.26	1.00	1644.9	1565.9	79.0
Shangchuandao	22.88	22.1	0.77	2608.8	2522.7	86.1