Knowledge: urban
See Also:
- science → agriculture → forestry → urban forestry
- science → environment → climate change
- science → environment → sustainability → community sustainability
Links
- Heat Island Group
http://eande.lbl.gov/HeatIsland/ - 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.
- Project ATLANTA - Urban Heat Island Study
http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/atlanta/ - 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
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/environ/design/design.shtml - Australian Bureau of Meteology information on the impacts of climate on urban design.
- Urban heat in Salt Lake City
http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/essd21jul98_1.htm - NASA analysis of blistering - and refreshing - spots in Salt Lake City.
- Sacramento urban heat island
http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/essd01jul98_1.htm - 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
http://www.arch.hku.hk/~cmhui/teach/65156-7.htm - An on-line course focusing on the effect of climate and architectural design upon each other in Hong Kong.
- Scientists Watch Cities Make Their Own Weather
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/081500sci-environ-climate.html - New York Times feature story about the urban heat island effect, focusing on Project ATLANTA. [Registration required -- free]
- Stadtklima / Urban climate
http://www.urbanclimate.net/ - English version of German urban climate study group resource page.
- Board on the Urban Environment
http://mypage.iu.edu/~grimmon/AMS_Urban_board.html - American Meteorological Society Board on the Urban Environment members, email list, and mission statement.
- EPA: Heat Island Site
http://www.epa.gov/heatisland/ - Explains how heat islands are measured, and how they can affect your health.
- How Shiny Is L.A.?
http://eetd.lbl.gov/EA/Buildings/RResearch/LA.html - Reports of surface albedo (reflectivity) of Los Angeles and California's South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB).
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