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• Science: Agriculture: Forestry: Urban Forestry  (9)
• Science: Environment: Global Change  (354)
• Science: Environment: Sustainability: Community Sustainability  (76)

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.

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.

How Shiny Is L.A.? - - Reports of surface albedo (reflectivity) of Los Angeles and California's South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB).

New York City Urban Climate - - Research activities with a particular focus on air exchange in and out of the subway system.

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.

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.

Stadtklima / Urban climate - - English version of German urban climate study group resource page.

Sustainable Urban Design and Climate - - Australian Bureau of Meteology information on the impacts of climate on urban design.

Urban heat in Salt Lake City - - NASA analysis of blistering - and refreshing - spots in Salt Lake City.

Urban Heat Islands - Melbourne, Australia - - Quantitative study of the heat island in Melbourne, Australi.

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] (August 15, 2000)