Research Article

Cooling and Wetting Effects of Agricultural Development on Near-Surface Atmosphere over Northeast China

Table 1

General conditions of the stations and yearly average temperature (, °C), maximum temperature (, °C), minimum temperature (, °C), mean water vapor pressure (, hPa), relative humidity (RH, %), and precipitation (, mm) in all of the months, from May to September and from October to April, for the station groups with different cultivated land fractions.

Groups with different cultivated land fraction
CF < 0.20.2 < CF < 0.5CF > 0.5

Number of stations233749
Elevation (m)
 Average541.1225.8209.7
 max1003799.5634.3
 min91.53.84.8
Average cultivated land fraction6%37%65%

Annual climate characteristics
2.295.335.29
8.9711.6411.42
−3.73−0.25−0.26
7.028.588.51
 RH63.764.263.1
475.1617.7539.3