How Shiny Is L.A.?
Reports of surface albedo (reflectivity) of Los Angeles and California's South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB).
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.
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.
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.
Sustainable Urban Design and Climate
Australian Bureau of Meteology information on the impacts of climate on urban design.
Urban Heat Islands - Melbourne, Australia
Quantitative study of the heat island in Melbourne, Australia
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]
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.
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.
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