Session 5 Innovative Modeling Techniques for Urban Climate Challenges: Heat Stress, Air Quality, and Cooling Solutions

Tuesday, 14 January 2025: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
342 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation
Submitters:
Mukul Tewari, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Environmental Science, Yorktown Heights, NY and Francisco Salamanca, IBM, Environmental Science, Yorktown Heights, NY
Chair:
Trevor M Boucher, M.S. Atmospheric Science, NWS, Las Vegas, NV, Las Vegas, NV
Cochairs:
Anna Cecilia Wanless and Matthew R. Beitscher, MS, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Aviation Weather Center, VPPGB, Kansas City, MO

Papers:
8:45 AM
5.2
High-Resolution Model Accuracy During Extreme Heat Events on Neighborhood Scales: A Case Study in Baltimore, Maryland
Sierra Robbin Hill, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. P. Horne, K. J. Davis, and Y. Pan

9:00 AM
5.3
Outdoor Misting Is an Effective Blue Infrastructure Solution for Urban Heat Mitigation
Xinjie Huang, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and E. Bou-Zeid, J. Vanos, A. Middel, and P. Ramamurthy

9:15 AM
5.4
Effects of Urbanization and Climate Change on Heat Stress Under Relatively Dry and Wet Warm Conditions in a Semiarid Urban Environment
Francisco Salamanca Palou, Florida Institute of Technology, Florida, FL; and J. Vanos, M. Georgescu, G. Guzman-Echavarria, P. Moseley, and M. Elena Domino

9:30 AM
5.5
Effectiveness of Tree Planting Strategies to Mitigate Excessive Heat in Las Vegas Metropolitan Area
Juan Jose Henao, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. F. Mejia, K. Brooks, N. Beecher, M. Singleton, A. Martilli, E. S. Krayenhoff, and T. Jiang

9:45 AM
5.6
Using High-Resolution Simulations of Tornadoes Interacting with Urban Structures to Improve Resilience
David J. Bodine, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. E. Reinhart, J. A. Gibbs, F. T. Lombardo, D. Candela, M. Satrio, S. M. Moon, and A. Schueth

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