Oxford’s urban growth and its potential impact on the local climate
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This chapter deals with the growth of Oxford since 1767 and assessment of the potential influence of the expanding urban area on the temperature record from the Radcliffe Observatory, using long-period data from a semi-rural site at Rothamsted (Hertfordshire) and a more recent 3-year comparison with records from nearby Wallingford to assess the extent of, and changes in, Oxford’s urban heat island. The urban heat island effect remains small but is shown to have increased in magnitude in recent decades, and is likely to affect the homogeneity of the Oxford temperature record. In addition, the chapter provides a comparison of the data from the Radcliffe Observatory with that from the Central England Temperature series.
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Vol 38
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Vol 33
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pp. 371-385
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2020 ◽
Vol 275
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pp. 123767
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2020 ◽
Vol 611
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pp. 012060
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