Urban Climate (Meteorology)

Urban Climate Sites:

Sacramento urban heat island Sacramento urban heat island: California's capital glows - and has cool spots, too - in an aerial image from a study of how urban forests can help keep cities from overheating. (Urban Climate) http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/essd01jul98_1.htm Heat Island Group Heat Island Group: Livermore National Labs research group site. Contains information from a Heat Island informational pamphlet. The group studies the extent of the heat island phenomena and the effectiveness of different ways of combatting it. (Urban Climate) http://eande.lbl.gov/HeatIsland/ Urban heat in Salt Lake City Urban heat in Salt Lake City: NASA analysis of blistering - and refreshing - spots in Salt Lake City. (Urban Climate) http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/essd21jul98_1.htm Urban Heat Islands - Melbourne, Australia Urban Heat Islands - Melbourne, Australia: Quantitative study of the heat island in Melbourne, Australia (Urban Climate) http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~jon//WWW/uhi-melb.html Climatic Design of Buildings - An Overview Climatic Design of Buildings - An Overview: An on-line course focusing on the effect of climate and architectural design upon each other in Hong Kong. (Urban Climate) http://arch.hku.hk/~cmhui/teach/65156-7.htm Board on the Urban Environment Board on the Urban Environment: American Meteorological Society Board on the Urban Environment members, email list, and mission statement. (Urban Climate) http://www.indiana.edu/~climate/grimmond/AMS_Urban_board.html How Shiny Is L.A.? How Shiny Is L.A.?: Reports of surface albedo (reflectivity) of Los Angeles and California's South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB). (Urban Climate) http://eande.lbl.gov/EAP/BEA/RResearch/LA.html New York City Urban Climate New York City Urban Climate: Research activities with a particular focus on air exchange in and out of the subway system. (Urban Climate) http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/climusa/projny.html Scientists Watch Cities Make Their Own Weather Scientists Watch Cities Make Their Own Weather: New York Times feature story about the urban heat island effect, focusing on Project ATLANTA. [Registration required -- free] (Urban Climate) http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/081500sci-environ-climate.html Stadtklima / Urban climate Stadtklima / Urban climate: English version of German urban climate study group resource page. (Urban Climate) http://www.urbanclimate.net/ Cooling Our Cities Cooling Our Cities: DOE site advocating a tree-planting program as a way to combat Urban Heat Islands (Urban Climate) http://www.eren.doe.gov/cities_counties/coolcit.html Sustainable Urban Design and Climate Sustainable Urban Design and Climate: Australian Bureau of Meteology information on the impacts of climate on urban design. (Urban Climate) http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/environ/design/design.shtml Project ATLANTA - Urban Heat Island Study Project ATLANTA - Urban Heat Island Study: NASA's High Spatial Resolution Airborne Multispectral Thermal Infrared Data to Support Analysis and Modeling Tasks in EOS IDS Project ATLANTA. (Urban Climate) http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/atlanta/