Session: Characterizing the Urban and Coastal Climate: Thermal and Boundary Layer Structure and Atmospheric Responses (Seventh Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes joint with the Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment (10-13 September 2007))

Monday, 10 September 2007: 1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment; and the Seventh Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes )

Cochairs:

Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Climate Impacts Group, New York, NY and T.R. Oke, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Papers:

1:00 PM

J2.1

Comparison of the urban heat island signatures of two Texas cities: Dallas and Houston

Lisa S. Darby, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and C. Senff

Presentation PDF (1.3 MB)

1:15 PM

J2.2

1984-2005 UHI trend over Montreal, Canada, using high resolution Landsat imagery and surface station data

Philippe Martin Sr., EC, Montreal, QC, Canada; and Y. Baudouin and M. Beauchemin Sr.

1:30 PM

J2.3

Assessing causes in spatial variability in urban heat island magnitude

Melissa Hart, Portland State University, Portland, OR; and D. J. Sailor

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (851.8 kB)

1:45 PM

J2.4

Investigating the relationship between urban landuse and precipitating convective systems over the Atlanta region

Willis Otieno Shem, ORNL, Oak RIDGE, TN; and M. J. Shepherd

Presentation PDF (1023.8 kB)

2:00 PM

J2.5

Climate Change and New York City

Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA/GISS, New York, NY; and R. M. Horton

2:15 PM

J2.6

A comparison of modeled and observed urban surface temperatures in Toulouse, France

Mark Moscicki, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; and J. A. Voogt

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (919.3 kB)

2:30 PM

J2.7

Empirical modeling and mapping of below-canopy air temperatures in Baltimore, MD and vicinity

Gordon M. Heisler, USDA Forest Service, Syracuse, NY; and J. Walton, I. Yesilonis, D. Nowak, R. Pouyat, R. H. Grant, S. Grimmond, K. Hyde, and G. Bacon

Presentation PDF (595.9 kB)

2:45 PM

J2.8

Impacts of low land use on a Tropical Montane Cloud Forest under a Changing Coastal Climate

Isaac Torres, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR; and J. E. Gonzalez and D. E. Comarazamy

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.4 MB)

3:00 PM

J2.9

Urban Growth Impacts on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation, Restoration and Health in the Mobile Bay, Alabama Area (Formerly J1.5)

Dale A. Quattrochi, NASA, Huntsville, AL; and M. G. Estes Jr., M. Al-Hamdan, H. Johnson, J. Hodgson, R. Thom, and D. Woodruff

Recorded Presentation