From the if we can quantify it we’ll figure out a way to tax it department comes this short press release (h/t Kakatoa)
The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research is joining with Cal/EPA and several other State agencies on a new research project about the Urban Heat Island Effect. A major goal of this project is to develop a method to quantify the average temperature increase in California communities due to this effect. Currently no tool exists to quantify the extent and severity of an urban heat island for California.
We intend to produce a tool that can be mapped at the census tract level or smaller, and that enables state and local agencies to identify the areas that are most affected and quantify the benefits of heat island reduction measures.
One of the motivations for this project is to provide another indicator of climate change vulnerability for the CalEnviroScreen, Cal/EPA’s tool to identify disadvantaged communities for potential funding associated with greenhouse gas reduction revenues in California. Cal/EPA welcomes input from local agencies regarding development of the urban heat island quantification tool.
For more information please contact Bill Dean (William.Dean@calepa.ca.gov).
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Apparently they aren’t so much interested in the basic research as they are in creating some sort of rsik database for the CAEnviroScreen Project. Nevertheless, it will be interesting to see what they come up with.
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Anthony, have you sold them your Car mounting Temp measuring data logger?
Perhaps they should start by looking at the areas around the weather stations.
When you’re cold you want to be warmer, so that’s a disadvantage. When you’re hot you want to be cooler, so that’s a disadvantage.
How much money are the people in Alaska going to get for being disadvantaged by temperature?
(yes I know Alaska is not California, but same principal applies)
At the Calepa site I couldn’t find exactly what form the funding will take. Help anyone please? We can only hope that the money won’t be wasted on quixotic windmills and shady solar deals.
The Uk government(?) wants more home insulation trying to eliminate heat loss. Another impossible wish thought up in the wine bar after the third bottle of Burgundy.
Heat in-Heat out same as Garbage in-garbage out models.
Nice to know that California has such a surplus of tax revenues that they can waste it on projects like this.
It’s funny how UHI means different things to different people.
For believers, UHI is yet another way in which we will be doomed by global warming.
For sceptics, UHI is a powerful argument that the official figures for global warming over the last century are significantly exaggerated.
For my money, the sceptics are far more likely to be right.
Chris
I wonder how many times, puzzled, I read “Kakatoa[sic erat scriptum]” before I realized its significance. Well done. Conjugate Reflections
Now see what you’ve done Anthony!
cn
As an expert AW should be consulted. Also this is an anti-thesis. I doubt very much that city UHI has ANY effect on weather or climate although cement retains heat during the evening especially on hot summer days and obviously raises badly sited stevenson box temperatures . If UHI affected weather natural UHI such as heat retention in rock valleys of mountain range especially in summer would.. What comes in goes out ie negative feedback probably overcomes all excesses. just my cents worth BTW.
We intend to produce a tool that can be mapped at the census tract level or smaller, and that enables state and local agencies to identify the areas that are most affected and quantify the benefits of heat island reduction measures.
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Do reduction measures include major fines or retraining camps?
Holder ain’t talking so, I guess only time will tell if it includes predator drones.
cn
First they deny that UHI exists in order to say that CAGW is occurring. Now they want to tax UHI. Logical!
Anthony, typo.
some sort of rsik database
cn
Potential typo alert;
“some sort of rsik database for the CAEnviroScreen Project”
should be
“some sort of risk database for the CAEnviroScreen Project”
This is only about wealth created by working slaves to be redistributed by government masters. Just think how wonderful the benevolent politicians will feel about themselves by being able to help the so called disadvantaged.
I’m curious if they find that UHI accounts for the majority of “global warming” in CA, will they still see the need for “funding associated with greenhouse gas reduction revenues?”
“Greenhouse gas reduction revenues”?!?!? Is that like the increased revenues I receive when I take a cut in pay? Or like the extra money I get when my expenses go up? Or perhaps it is similar to the additional funds I have after being mugged!
There is nothing like the clear understanding one gets from the political torture of language.
I smell a rat!
Foegive them LORD for they know not what they do.
Surely once they ascertain that there is a huge heat island effect they will have a hard time spinning that this does not influence the temperature readings at all those in town weather stations?
I can see the conclusions from this study coming from 1.6093 kilometers away.
We will be informed that urban areas are masking the true extent of global warming and it is actually worse than we thought.
I can see the results of that study vanishing in a drawer already. The consequences of a proven UHI effect for the warming narrative would be an unprecedented man-made disaster.
a few cities have these tract level measurements of UHI. interesting data once you get your hands on it.
“Jens Bagh says:
March 7, 2013 at 5:08 am
Foegive them LORD for they know not what they do.”
Seriously? They know EXACTLY what they do, make no mistake.
Back to the article…talk about junk science.
Where’s the tie-in between UHI and GHGs?
Where/how did anyone deicde that if it gets .5deg warmer in San Fran, that it’s a BAD thing and has massive impacts on anything?
Cal and the U.K. are on equal footing in the nutshack. How do these people continually get empowered to do anything beyond wearing a hairnet and a name tag, and asking if you’d like fries with that?
All of the fossil fuel money in the world couldn’t back the number of lawsuits to challenge each and every one of these agencies. There is no burden of proof or accountability for anything in government.
Jim
We all know that California liberals are nuts, but are they really this nuts. Measuring the UHI effect is like chasing a greased pig.