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 tempera...
This page was last updated on October 5th, 2008
This page was last updated on October 5th, 2008
Urban Climate (from Meteorology)
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Urban heat in Salt Lake City
NASA analysis of blistering - and refreshing - spots in Salt Lake City.
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.
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 Heat Islands - Melbourne, Australia
Quantitative study of the heat island in Melbourne, Australia
How Shiny Is L.A.?
Reports of surface albedo (reflectivity) of Los Angeles and California's South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB).
Sustainable Urban Design and Climate
Australian Bureau of Meteology information on the impacts of climate on urban design.
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.
Board on the Urban Environment
American Meteorological Society Board on the Urban Environment members, email list, and mission statement.
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.
New York City Urban Climate
Research activities with a particular focus on air exchange in and out of the subway system.
Stadtklima / Urban climate
English version of German urban climate study group resource page.
Cooling Our Cities
DOE site advocating a tree-planting program as a way to combat Urban Heat Islands
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.
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.
New York Times feature story about the urban heat island effect, focusing on Project ATLANTA. [Registration required -- free]
Quantitative study of the heat island in Melbourne, Australia
Reports of surface albedo (reflectivity) of Los Angeles and California's South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB).
Australian Bureau of Meteology information on the impacts of climate on urban design.
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.
American Meteorological Society Board on the Urban Environment members, email list, and mission statement.
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.
Research activities with a particular focus on air exchange in and out of the subway system.
English version of German urban climate study group resource page.
DOE site advocating a tree-planting program as a way to combat Urban Heat Islands
NASA's High Spatial Resolution Airborne Multispectral Thermal Infrared Data to Support Analysis and Modeling Tasks in EOS IDS Project ATLANTA.
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