Spatial and Temporal Structure of the Urban Heat Island in Seoul

Journal of Applied Meteorology;  May 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......and temporal structure of the urban heat island in Seoul, Korea, is investigated...2001 to February 2002. The urban heat island in Seoul deviates considerably...Similar to previous studies, the urban heat island in Seoul is stronger in the...

Thunderstorms and the urban heat island

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  June 1, 2003 ;     368 words ......highlight the importance of the urban heat island, but furthermore draw attention...nonlinear interactions between the urban heat island and the other pertinent surface...modeling indicates that the urban heat island leads to strong surface convergence...

Dry and moist convection forced by an urban heat island

Journal of Applied Meteorology;  August 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......moist convection forced by an urban heat island using a twodimensional, nonhydrostatic...Regional Prediction System). The urban heat island is represented by specified...representing the intensity of the urban heat island, uniform basic-- state wind...

ATLANTA BECOMES 'URBAN HEAT ISLAND'

United Press International;  March 24, 1999 ;     549 words ......03-24-1999 Atlanta becomes 'urban heat island' UPI Science News HONOLULU...since 1973 have intensified the urban heat island effect. They found that between...levels are intensified by the urban heat island effect. Ozone is the molecule...

One Hot Demonstration: The Urban Heat Island Effect.(experiment)

Journal of College Science Teaching;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......demonstration uses the concept of the urban heat island effect to reinforce science...and physics. Background The urban heat island effect is best described as...Many factors contribute to the urban heat island effect. Urban areas have fewer...

Beijing has hotter summers due to urban "heat island" effect

Xinhua News Agency;  June 24, 2004 ;     340 words ...Beijing has hotter summers due to urban "heat island" effect BEIJING, June 24 (Xinhua) -- The urban "heat island" effect is bringing Beijingers...technology discovered that the urban "heat island" effect was a major factor...

Investigating the Urban Heat Island effect with a collaborative inquiry...

Journal of Geoscience Education;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......A phenomenon known as the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, which is a measure...diurnally and is one measure of the urban heat island (UHI) effect. Urban heat islands...documents the process used for our Urban Heat Island classroom research project...

The Role of Rural Variability in Urban Heat Island Determination for...

Journal of Applied Meteorology;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......variability in calculating the urban heat island effect for Phoenix, Arizona...urban station) to assess the urban heat island effect using different rural...baselines, the average and maximum urban heat island effects ranged from 9.4 to...

On the Use of Cool Materials as a Heat Island Mitigation Strategy

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology;  November 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......was undertaken to assess the urban heat island effect over Athens, Greece...al. 1994). The causes of the urban heat island can lead to the approaches...reduce the intensity of the urban heat island effect. Specifically, if the...

Application of neural networks to the simulation of the heat island over...

Journal of Applied Meteorology;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......atmospheric circulation on the urban heat island phenomenon over Athens...are closely related to the urban heat island. It was found that...termination. 1. Introduction The urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon is mainly...Montavez et al. 2000). The heat ...

Thermal and Geometric Controls on the Rate of Surface Air Temperature...

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......forms a wintertime nocturnal urban heat island. This work, with a mesoscale...Lowry 1977). The nocturnal urban heat island seems to be developed from...form the wintertime nocturnal urban heat island (cf. Oke 1982). For instance...

Tucson businesses combat 'urban heat island' with plants, light-colored...

AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ);  May 24, 2005 ;     425 words ......used to be. Blame the so-called urban heat island effect for keeping you drenched...rural surroundings, creating a heat island. Erik Pytlak, a meteorologist...no qualms about holding the heat island responsible for the intensified...

Sometimes hot growth is not a good thing

Indianapolis Business Journal;  November 7, 2005 ;     700+ words ...The definition of an "urban heat island" in Indianapolis would be incomplete...the session. To Qihao Weng, an urban heat island refers to how an entire city...serious consideration to the heat island effect. And the city's trees...

FIELD WORK BEGINS ON PROJECT AIMED AT KEEPING URBAN AREAS COOLER

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ......a phenomenon known as the urban heat island effect. Thanks to a grant from...plays a role in determining the urban heat island effect. Indianapolis' White...holds the key to reducing the urban heat island effect, even if by just a few...

Be Cool, Pay Less

Building Operating Management;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......building envelope and mitigate the urban heat island effect," says Greg Crawford...well-documented ability to combat the urban heat island effect. Urban heat islands...episodes. When you have an urban heat island, you are artificially increasing...