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Stationary and mobile surveys of micrometeorological changes in the new town of Columbia, Maryland have been made since late 1967. These show the development, intensification, and expansion of an urban heat island. This phenomenon is principally attributable to the altered heat flux into and out of the soil caused by the change in surface characteristics. About half of the observed change of relative humidity can be assigned to decreased evapotranspiration as a result of replacing vegetation by stone and asphalt.
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Contribution No. 56, Graduate Program in Meteorology.
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Landsberg, H.E., Maisel, T.N. Micrometeorological observations in an area of urban growth. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 2, 365–370 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02184776
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02184776