Earth's Maximum Temperature Profile (IMAGE)

Oregon State University

Earth's Maximum Temperature Profile

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Earth's Maximum Temperature Profile: Histograms of global annual maximum land-surface temperature capture the unique influence of different land-cover types on the expression of maximum land-surface temperatures. Tracking shifts in the distribution of these annual histograms provides a new integrated measure of energy balance components and land-cover change, and a different means to monitor biospheric change.

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David Mildrexler, Oregon State University

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