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New York City Urban Climate
Research activities with a particular focus on air exchange in and out of the subway system.
http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/climusa/proj...
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.
http://www.arch.hku.hk/~cmhui/teach/65156-...
Sacramento Glows with Urban Heat
Pictures of how California's capital has hot and cool spots.Plus how urban forests can help keep cities from overheating.
http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/newhome/headl...
EPA: Heat Island Site
How heat islands are measured, and how they can affect your health.
http://www.epa.gov/heatisland/
Urban Heat in Salt Lake City
NASA studies the hot and cool spots in Salt Lake City.
http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/newhome/headl...
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.
http://eande.lbl.gov/HeatIsland/
Sustainable Urban Design and Climate
Australian Bureau of Meteology information on the impacts of climate on urban design.
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/environ/desi...
Scientists Watch Cities Make Their Own Weather
New York Times feature story about the urban heat island effect, focusing on Project ATLANTA.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/sc...
Stadtklima / Urban climate
English version of German urban climate study group resource page.
http://www.urbanclimate.net/
Board on the Urban Environment
American Meteorological Society Board on the Urban Environment members, email list, and mission statement.
http://mypage.iu.edu/~grimmon/AMS_Urban_bo...
Project Atlanta-- Urban Heat Island Study
NASA.
http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/atlanta/
How Shiny Is L.A.?
Reports of surface albedo (reflectivity) of Los Angeles and California's South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB).
http://eande.lbl.gov/EAP/BEA/RResearch/LA....
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