Título
Urban-rural humidity contrasts in Mexico city
Autor
DOMINGO ERNESTO JAUREGUI OSTOS
ADALBERTO TEJEDA MARTINEZ
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Acceso Abierto
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doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199702)17:2%3C187::AID-JOC114%3E3.0.CO;2-P
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URL/https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/%28SICI%291097-0088%28199702%2917%3A2%3C187%3A%3AAID-JOC114%3E3.0.CO%3B2-P
Resumen o descripción
Data from one pair of urban–suburban (Tacubaya and Airport) andone pair of urban–rural (School of Mines and Plan Texcoco) temperature and humidity measuring stations were used to illustrate specific humidity(q) contrasts in Mexico City. Results show a marked seasonal variation of q from around 7·9 g kg−1 during the dry months to 10 g kg−1 in the wet season (May–October) on both urban and suburban sites. The mean monthly contrasts for this pair of stations, albeit small, show that the city air is somewhat drier during the first half of the year. Comparison of urban and rural q on an hourly basis shows that although urban air is more humid at night the reverse is true during the afternoon. Areal distribution of q shows two centres of maximum humidity over the city at night and a corresponding minimum during the afternoon. On average the urban–rural contrasts in q were found to be somewhat smaller than the estimated uncertainty. The above results are in agreement with mid‐latitude experience.
Editor
John Wiley and Sons
Fecha de publicación
febrero de 1997
Tipo de publicación
Artículo
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application/pdf
Fuente
International Journal of Climatology Vol.17 Issue.02 (1997)
ISSN: 0899-8418
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Repositorio Orígen
Repositorio Institucional del Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera de la UNAM
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