Urban Climate Meteorology Earth Sciences

Urban Climate Meteorology Earth Sciences

Urban Climate

The study of Urban Climate is increasingly important in a world where the majority of people live in ever-expanding urbanized areas. Effects studied include pollution, air flow among highrises, the effects of trees and parks in urban areas on temperature and humidity, urban heat islands (the local heating effect caused by heat-absorbent building and pavement materials), and more. Also of interest to students of urban climate is the consequences of such effects to human health and well-being.

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See Also:

- NASA's High Spatial Resolution Airborne Multispectral Thermal Infrared Data to Support Analysis and Modeling Tasks in EOS IDS Project ATLANTA.
- Reports of surface albedo (reflectivity) of Los Angeles and California's South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB).
- Research activities with a particular focus on air exchange in and out of the subway system.
- 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.
- 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.
- Quantitative study of the heat island in Melbourne, Australia
- English version of German urban climate study group resource page.
- New York Times feature story about the urban heat island effect, focusing on Project ATLANTA. [Registration required -- free]
- Australian Bureau of Meteology information on the impacts of climate on urban design.
- NASA analysis of blistering - and refreshing - spots in Salt Lake City.
- An on-line course focusing on the effect of climate and architectural design upon each other in Hong Kong.

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