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Wigley, TML and Jones, PD 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5032-5493
(1988)
Do large-area-average temperature series have an urban warming bias?
Climatic Change, 12 (3).
pp. 313-319.
ISSN 0165-0009
Abstract
The arguments presented by Wood and his criticisms of the methods used by Jones et al. are largely fallacious and are generally based on misconceptions and unwarranted assumptions. This does not, of course, mean that the Jones et al. data are perfect. Jones et al. (1986a, b) have clearly stated that, at the regional level, there may be residual uncertainties in their gridded data set. Furthermore, they have noted that there is a residual uncertainty in the global-mean change since late last century of ±0.2 °C (Wigley et al., 1986), although the main reasons for this uncertainty do not relate to urban warming. Further studies of possible urban warming biases are certainly warranted, particularly at the regional scale. However, for averages over continental-scale areas upwards, it is unlikely that any significant urban warming bias remains.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Climatic Research Unit Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Rosie Cullington |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jul 2011 13:08 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jun 2023 23:58 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/33404 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/BF00139435 |
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