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One possibility: Western Germany is more industrialized and urban, with higher population and population density. Thermal measurements in the west are more like
by ianferrel 5y ago
One possibility: Western Germany is more industrialized and urban, with higher population and population density. Thermal measurements in the west are more likely to be taken in urban heat islands?
- ducleonctor 5y agoIndustry seems to explain some of that effect. Population density doesn't explain it completely, either: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Germany#/media/File:Pop_density_of_Germany.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Germany#/media... Other parts of West Germany also sport lower population density (Lower Saxony in the North, Bavaria in the South). It is absolutely astonishing how strongly human behavior (industry and metropolitan areas) influences local environmental conditions. I guess most cities may (be forced to) change radically.