Application of random walk model to fit temperature in 46 gamma world cities from 1901 to 1998

Shaomin Yan, Guang Wu

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DOI: 10.4236/ns.2010.212174                

Abstract

Very recently, we have applied the random walk model to fit the global temperature anomaly, CRUTEM3. With encouraging results, we apply the random walk model to fit the temperature walk that is the conversion of recorded tem-perature and real recorded temperature in 46 gamma world cities from 1901 to 1998 in this study. The results show that the random walk model can fit both temperature walk and real recorded temperature although the fitted results from other climate models are unavailable for comparison in these 46 cities. Therefore, the random walk model can fit not only the global temperature anomaly, but also the real recorded temperatures in various cities around the world.

Keywords

Gamma World Cities; Global Warming; Modeling; Random Walk; Temperature Change

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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