Research Article
Changing Trends in Meteorological Elements and Reference Evapotranspiration in a Mega City: A Case Study in Shenzhen City, China
Table 1
Mean values of each climatic variable in the periods of 1954–1978 and 1992–2012 and changes of each climatic variable to ET0 variation.
| | | Air temperature | Relative humidity | Sunshine hours | Wind speed | |
°C | % | Hours/day | m/s |
| | Mean values | | | | | | 1954–1978 | 22.0 | 78.9 | 6.08 | 2.68 | | 1992–2012 | 23.3 | 73.2 | 5.04 | 2.52 | | Climate change amount | −5.7 | 1.3 | −0.16 | −1.04 | | Climate change percentage (%) | −7.2 | 5.9 | −6.0 | −17.1 | | ET0 change percentage caused by each climatic variable (%) | 14.6 | 5.3 | −1.3 | −3.2 |
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