Impact of Urbanization and Land-Use Change on Surface Climate in Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River, 1988–2008

Figure 8

Variations of the temperature and precipitation response to land-use conversion from non-built-up to built-up area in periods 1988–1995 (a, e), 1995–2000 (b, f), 2000–2005 (c, g), and 2005–2008 (d, h).

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