Unequal distributions of crowdsourced weather data in England and Wales.
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
20 Jun 2024
20 Jun 2024
Historique:
received:
20
03
2023
accepted:
30
05
2024
medline:
21
6
2024
pubmed:
21
6
2024
entrez:
20
6
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Personal weather stations (PWS) can provide useful data on urban climates by densifying the number of weather measurements across major cities. They do so at a lower cost than official weather stations by national meteorological services. Despite the increasing use of PWS data, little attention has yet been paid to the underlying socio-economic and environmental inequalities in PWS coverage. Using social deprivation, demographic, and environmental indicators in England and Wales, we characterize existing inequalities in the current coverage of PWS. We find that there are fewer PWS in more deprived areas which also observe higher proportions of ethnic minorities, lower vegetation coverage, higher building height and building surface fraction, and lower proportions of inhabitants under 65 years old. This implies that data on urban climate may be less reliable or more uncertain in particular areas, which may limit the potential for climate adaptation and empowerment in those communities.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38902290
doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-49276-z
pii: 10.1038/s41467-024-49276-z
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
4828Subventions
Organisme : Wellcome Trust (Wellcome)
ID : 216035/Z/19/Z
Organisme : Wellcome Trust (Wellcome)
ID : 216035/Z/19/Z
Organisme : Wellcome Trust (Wellcome)
ID : 216035/Z/19/Z
Organisme : RCUK | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
ID : NE/R01440X/1
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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