89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting

Session 5: Urban Heat Islands—Mitigation Studies

Thursday, 15 January 2009: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Room 124B (Phoenix Convention Center)
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Chair:  Jay S. Golden, National Center of Excellence on SMART Innovations for Urban Climate and Energy
Papers:
  3:30 PM
5.1
Relating urban thermal patterns to vegetation distribution at various scales
Anita Walz, Marshall University, Huntington, WV; and W. H. Hwang

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.0 MB)
  3:45 PM
5.2
Tree-cover influences on below-canopy air temperatures in Baltimore, MD
Gordon M. Heisler, USDA Forest Service, Syracuse, NY; and D. Nowak, I. Yesilonis, R. Pouyat, A. Lee, A. Ellis, E. Greenfield, and S. Grimmond

  Recorded presentation
  4:00 PM
5.3
Evaluating the surface energy balance of alternative parking lot paving materials in hot arid climates
Joby D. Carlson, National Center of Excellence on SMART Innovations for Urban Climate and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and J. H. Jo, K. E. Kaloush, and J. S. Golden

  Recorded presentation
  4:15 PM
5.4
Quantifying the direct and indirect benefits of a ‘cool' roof renovation project in hot dry climate zones
Jin Ho Jo, National Center of Excellence on SMART Innovations for Urban Climate and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and J. Carlson, K. S. Bae, H. Bryan, and J. S. Golden

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
5.5
The Effect of Heat Transfer from Artificial Turf on the Urban Energy Balance
Neda Yaghoobian, Univ. of California, San Diego, CA; and J. Kleissl and S. Krayenhoff

  Recorded presentation
  4:45 PM
5.6
CUFR tree carbon calculator
James R. Simpson, USDA Forest Service, Davis, CA; and E. G. McPherson

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