The impact of an urban dry island on the summer heat wave and sultry weather in Beijing City

• 来源期刊: 科学通报(英文版)
• 学科: 地球科学
• 关键词: 天气 闷热 城市 干岛 北京 夏季 年代际变化
• 年，卷（期）: 2010,（16）
• 所属期刊栏目: ARTICLES
• 页码范围: 1657-1661
• 页数: 5页
• 分类号: P462.4 TU831.8
• 语种: 英文

摘要

This paper studies interdecadal variations of heat waves and sultry weather (HW&SW) in Beijing City by using climatological data gathered from 1940-2000.In general, HW&SW decreased during the 1940s-1970s and increased during the 1970s-1990s.Although variation trends in the number of HW&SW days coincide with air temperature variations, the greatest number of HW&SW days occurred during the 1940s rather than during the much hotter 1990s (which had an average 1.0°C higher air tem-perature than during the 1940s)...