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Surf these sites:
 Board on the Urban Environment -- American Meteorological Society board information
Climatic Design of Buildings - An Overview -- On-line course.
Cooling Our Cities -- DOE site advocating a tree-planting program as a way to combat Urban Heat Islands
GOES-8 image of urban heat islands -- Infrared imagery showing the heat island effect
Heat Island Group -- Livermore National Labs research group site. Contains information from a Heat Island informational pamphlet. The group studies the extent of the heat island phenomena and the effectiveness of different ways of combatting it.
How Shiny Is L.A.? -- Reports of surface albedo of Los Angeles, CA.
Microclimate Modification for Energy Conservation -- UIUC Master''s Thesis proposal which outlines the Heat Island phenomena and ways to potentially address the issue.
Project ATLANTA - Urban Heat Island Study -- by NASA
Remote Sensing of Urban Heat Islands -- University of Maryland material on using satellite imagery to identify heat islands
Sacramento urban heat island -- California''s capital glows - and has cool spots, too - in an aerial image from a study of how urban forests can help keep cities from overheating.
Stadtklima / Urban climate -- English version of German urban climate study group resource page.
Sustainable Urban Design and Climate -- Australian Bureau of Meteology information on the impacts of climate on urban design.
The Third Symposium on the Urban Environment -- Will be held 14–18 August 2000 at the University of California, in Davis, California.
Urban Climate In The Subway -- Analysis of climate in New York''s subway system.
Urban Climate Network -- Network for academic study of urban climate. Resources include syllabi of university classes, discussion forum, article database and interviews.
Urban Climate mailing list -- A scientific/academic email list for exchanging information about urban climate related events.
Urban Heat Islands - Melbourne, Australia -- Quantitative study of the heat island in Melbourne, Australia
Urban heat in Salt Lake City -- NASA analysis of blistering - and refreshing - spots in Salt Lake City.

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