Session: Human Dimensions, Urban Climate, Planning, and Biometeorology I (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

Boardroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment

Cochairs:

Anthony J. Brazel, Arizona State University, Department of Geography, Tempe, AZ and Jay Golden, Arizona State Univ., The National Center of Excellence; SMART Innovations for Urban Climate + Energy, Tempe, AZ

Papers:

1:00 PM

1.1

The use of the Airborne Thermal/Visible Land Application Sensor (ATLAS) to Determine the Surface Energy Response for Urban Areas

Jeffrey C. Luvall, MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and D. Rickman and D. A. Quattrochi

1:30 PM

1.2

Using DyMSiM to model the response of important disease vectors to urban environments and climate in Tucson, Arizona

Cory W. Morin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and A. C. Comrie

1:45 PM

1.3

Climate Conditions Associated with Heat Related Emergency Dispatches

Donna A. Hartz, Arizona State Univ., Scottsdale, AZ; and A. Brazel and J. Golden

2:00 PM

1.4

Preliminary assessment of the air quality effects of trees: An urban forestry-based SIP measure in Sacramento, California

James R. Simpson, USDA Forest Service, Davis, CA; and E. G. McPherson

2:15 PM

1.5

A Decision Support System for Human Health Vulnerability to Urban Climate Change

Jay Golden, School of Sustainability & National Center of Excellence at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

2:30 PM

1.6

Urban Heat Island Mitigation and Life Cycle CO₂ Reduction by Installation of Urban Heat Island Countermeasures

Tomohiko Ihara, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and Y. Kikegawa, K. Oka, K. Yamaguchi, Y. Endo, and Y. Genchi

Presentation PDF (353.2 kB)

2:45 PM

1.7

Million trees LA canopy cover assessment

E. Gregory McPherson, Center for Urban Forest Research, US Forest Service, Davis, CA; and J. R. Simpson, Q. Xiao, and C. Wu

3:00 PM

1.8

Mesoscale and meso-urban modeling of heat islands and control: Evaluation of potential ozone air-quality impacts in California (Formerly 2.1)

Haider Taha, Altostratus, Inc., Martinez, CA; and R. Bornstein

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