The impact of urbanization and the urban heat island effect on day to day temperature variation

BY Tam, WA Gough, T Mohsin - Urban Climate, 2015 - Elsevier
Day to day temperature variation of daily temperature minimum (T min) and temperature
maximum (T max) were examined for five urban–rural pairs of climate stations in North …

Tourism climatology for camping: A case study of two Ontario parks (Canada)

MJ Hewer, D Scott, WA Gough - Theoretical and applied climatology, 2015 - Springer
Climate and weather act as central motivators for the travel decisions of tourists. Due to their
seasonality, these factors determine the availability and quality of certain outdoor …

Urbanization effects on high-frequency temperature variability over South China

X Tong, P Wang, S Wu, M Luo - Urban Climate, 2022 - Elsevier
While previous studies mainly focused on low-frequency variabilities of mean or extreme
temperature, it remains unclear how the high-frequency variability (HFV) of temperature …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of the urban heat island at Toronto: Revisiting the choice of rural sites using a measure of day-to-day variation

CI Anderson, WA Gough, T Mohsin - Urban Climate, 2018 - Elsevier
The quantification of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) relies on the establishment of urban–rural
station pairs for comparison. We revisited the selection of three rural stations (Albion Field …

Different air temperature changes in continental and Mediterranean regions: A case study from two Croatian stations

O Bonacci, D Bonacci, T Roje-Bonacci - Theoretical and applied …, 2021 - Springer
Air temperature is the main climatic variable for climate change and global warming
assessment. In different regions, different climatic features and forcing factors affect air …

The influence of reservoirs on water temperature in the downstream part of an open watercourse: A case study at Botovo station on the Drava River

O Bonacci, B Đurin, TR Bonacci, D Bonacci - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
The air temperature trends measured at the central meteorological station Varaždin and the
water temperature measured at the Botovo station on the Drava River were analyzed from 1 …

Trends in the seasonal length and opening dates of a winter road in the western James Bay region, Ontario, Canada

Y Hori, WA Gough, K Butler, LJS Tsuji - Theoretical and Applied …, 2017 - Springer
In northern Canada, winter roads are essential for communities. The duration of the winter
road season depends on particular meteorological conditions. In this study, we investigated …

Global pattern of historical and future changes in rapid temperature variability

Z Xu, F Huang, Q Liu, C Fu - Environmental Research Letters, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Day-to-day (DTD) temperature variation reflects a rapid weather variability, which
significantly affects human health and ecosystems. However, while a few of studies have …

High‐frequency daily temperature variability in China and its relationship to large‐scale circulation

FT Wu, C Fu, Y Qian, Y Gao… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Two measures of intra‐seasonal variability, indicated respectively by standard deviations
(SD) and day‐to‐day (DTD) fluctuations denoted by absolute differences between adjacent …

Weather sensitivity for zoo visitation in Toronto, Canada: a quantitative analysis of historical data

MJ Hewer, WA Gough - International journal of biometeorology, 2016 - Springer
Based on a case study of the Toronto Zoo (Canada), multivariate regression analysis,
involving both climatic and social variables, was employed to assess the relationship …