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Home / Science / Earth Sciences / Meteorology / Urban Climate
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- Board on the Urban Environment - American Meteorological Society board information
www.indiana.edu/~climate/grimmond/AMS_Urban_board.html
- Climatic Design of Buildings - An Overview - On-line course.
arch.hku.hk/~cmhui/teach/65156-7.htm
- 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.
klima.geographie.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/index.php
- Cooling Our Cities - DOE site advocating a tree-planting program as a way to combat Urban Heat Islands
www.eren.doe.gov/cities_counties/coolcit.html
- 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.
eande.lbl.gov/HeatIsland
- How Shiny Is L.A.? - Reports of surface albedo of Los Angeles, CA.
eande.lbl.gov/EAP/BEA/RResearch/LA.html
- Project ATLANTA - Urban Heat Island Study - by NASA
wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/atlanta
- Remote Sensing of Urban Heat Islands - University of Maryland material on using satellite imagery to identify heat islands
umbc7.umbc.edu/~tbenja1/gallo/gallo.html
- 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.
science.msfc.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/essd01jul98_1.htm
- Scientists Watch Cities Make Their Own Weather - New York Times feature story about the urban heat island effect. [Subscription required -- free]
www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/081500sci-environ-climate.html
- Stadtklima / Urban climate - English version of German urban climate study group resource page.
www.urbanclimate.net
- Sustainable Urban Design and Climate - Australian Bureau of Meteology information on the impacts of climate on urban design.
www.bom.gov.au/climate/environ/design/design.shtml
- The Third Symposium on the Urban Environment - Will be held 1418 August 2000 at the University of California, in Davis, California.
www.indiana.edu/~climate/grimmond/urban_conf.html
- Urban Climate In The Subway - Analysis of climate in New York's subway system.
www.geographie.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/agklima/_pflitsch/projny.html
- Urban Climate mailing list - A scientific/academic email list for exchanging information about urban climate related events.
www.indiana.edu/~climate/grimmond/urban.htm
- Urban heat in Salt Lake City - NASA analysis of blistering - and refreshing - spots in Salt Lake City.
science.msfc.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/essd21jul98_1.htm
- Urban Heat Islands - Melbourne, Australia - Quantitative study of the heat island in Melbourne, Australia
www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~jon//WWW/uhi-melb.html
- Urban Climate Network - Network for academic study of urban climate. Resources include syllabi of university classes, discussion forum, article database and interviews.
www.urbanclimate.org
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