The Effect of Land-Use Intensity on Surface Temperature in the Dongting Lake Area, China

Land use and its environmental effects can be quantitatively expressed with land-use intensity. In this study, a land-use intensity metric was improved using a geographic mapping method. The relationships between observed rapid changes in land use and temperature in the Dongting Lake area from 2001...

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Main Authors: Wenmin Hu, Weijun Zhou, Hongshi He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Advances in Meteorology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/632151