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Topia!: Science: Earth Sciences: Meteorology: Urban Climate (16)
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 Urban Climate Network - Network for academic study of urban climate. Resources include syllabi of university classes, discussion forum, article database and interviews.Cooling Our Cities - DOE site advocating a tree-planting program as a way to combat Urban Heat Islands 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. How Shiny Is L.A.? - Reports of surface albedo (reflectivity) of Los Angeles and California's South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB). 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. Sustainable Urban Design and Climate - Australian Bureau of Meteology information on the impacts of climate on urban design. Remote Sensing of Urban Heat Islands - University of Maryland material on using satellite imagery to identify heat islands Urban heat in Salt Lake City - NASA analysis of blistering - and refreshing - spots in Salt Lake City. 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. 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. Board on the Urban Environment - American Meteorological Society Board on the Urban Environment members, email list, and mission statement. 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] Climatology Research Group - Special subjects are software development for numerical modelling, wind flow studies in subway systems and particle and aerosol dispersion in street canyons. Stadtklima / Urban climate - English version of German urban climate study group resource page. Urban Heat Islands - Melbourne, Australia - Quantitative study of the heat island in Melbourne, Australia New York City Urban Climate - Research activities with a particular focus on air exchange in and out of the subway system.
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