89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting

Joint Poster Session 4: Urban Heat Islands—Poster Session

Monday, 12 January 2009: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)
Papers:
 
Urban effects on intense convective precipitation in Mexico City- an update
Ernesto Jauregui Sr., NOAA/CAC, Mexico City, Mexico

 
Atlanta's urban heat island under extreme heat conditions
Yan Zhou, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA ; and M. Shepherd

 
Assessment of Urban Land Surface Thermal Field Using Integrated Remote Sensing and Ancillary Information
Ying Zhang, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and B. Guindon, L. Sun, and Y. Yang

 
The urban heat island in Hong Kong: analyses of spatial variability and exposure
Melissa A. Hart, Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; and D. J. Sailor

 
Winter and summer temperatures in an European medium-sized city. Frost and hot nights trends
Albert Garcia-Manuel, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; and M. C. Moreno-García and J. Martín-Vide

 
Observed characteristics of the urban heat island during the harmattan and monsoon in Akure Nigeria
Ahmed Balogun, Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and I. A. Balogun, A. A. Abatan, and E. A. Adefisan

Poster PDF (1.7 MB)
 
Urban southern California heat waves are becoming more frequent and longer
Arbi Tamrazian, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA; and S. LaDochy, P. Ramirez, J. Willis, and W. C. Patzert

Poster PDF (495.7 kB)