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…
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Measuring UHI on a bike produces a new paper
While NCDC’s Dr. Thomas Peterson tries to ignore UHI, from Hans Von Storch at Die Klimazwiebel (h/t to Jos de Laat) we learn that many other people are actively measuring…
PBS airs special on green rooftops, cites NCDC's Thomas Peterson, who fumbles the UHI ball
From PBS last night: From Rooftop to Alleyway, Chicago Fights Extreme Urban Heat With Greener Ideas One of Chicago’s most beautiful and hidden gardens is located on top of City…
A new paper showing how UHI and energy consumption are linked to long-term temperature change in China
Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. highlighted this major new paper in JGR yesterday, I consider it important as it relates to the works I’m doing on station siting. The key points…
Law of unintended consequences bites the 'white roof UHI solution' – causes reduced rainfall
From Arizona State University Researchers emphasize evaluation of tradeoffs in battling urban heat island Urbanization will increase average temperatures in Arizona’s Sun Corridor and white roofs can combat that, but…
Recent paper demonstrates relationship between temperature and population density in the UHI of New Delhi
This gives credence to Dr. Roy Spencer’s population adjusted ISH surface temperature data for the USA Impact of population density on the surface temperature and micro-climate of Delhi Javed Mallick1…
Never before published paper on UHI and siting – Goodridge 1987
Plus answers to yesterday’s Fun puzzle: Name these official stations. Given that California Governor Jerry Brown has recently setup a website at the governor’s office basically telling skeptics to “shut…
The UHI's of Texas are upon you
Joe D’Aleo suggested earlier today that I take a look at some of the data from NCDC’s web page called “US climate at a glance“. This page allows comparisons of…
Spencer shows compelling evidence of UHI in CRUTem3 data
McKitrick & Michaels Were Right: More Evidence of Spurious Warming in the IPCC Surface Temperature Dataset Guest post by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. The supposed gold standard in surface…
City UHI makes spring bloom earlier
From the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, somebody finally gets it. We’ve changed our local climates significantly, and the plants have figured this out long ago. Mid-Atlantic suburbs…
New paper and stunning video from the Space Station – UHI much?
Professor Ross McKitrick has just released a new paper on UHI, after reading it, it reminds me of this video from the space station. Weather stations exist in the points…
UHI in South Korea – responsible for over half of the warming
This new study published in the Journal of Atmospheric Environment quantifies the different components of warming there, with UHI making up over half of the total warming: On average, the…
Climategate 2.0: Phil Jones and Tom Wigley – calling a scientist "the jerk" over his UHI discoveries in California
I’ve not had time to read through all these emails, but this one really, really Stick in my craw. Dr. Phil Jones and Dr. Tom Wigley respond to this graph…
New paper "Climatic trends in major U.S. urban areas" quantifies the UHI effect and the impact on climate trends
There’s a new paper which quantifies the effects of the Urban Heat Island and opines on the effect of urban areas on multi-decadal surface temperature trends. It was just published…
New paper: UHI, alive and well in China
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 116, D14113, 12 PP., 2011 doi:10.1029/2010JD015452 Observed surface warming induced by urbanization in east China Key Points The rapid urbanization has significant impacts on temperature…
UHI, this is London
Since BEST claims they will work to take UHI into consideration, it seems worthwhile to highlight this new paper. Guess who’s a co-author? Phil Jones of UEA’s CRU. Image above…
UAH and UHI
Note: clearly satellites can see urban heat, as demonstrated by this recent paper unveiled at the 2010 AGU meeting by NASA. See: Satellites Image the Urban Heat Islands in the Northeast.…
Turning UHI into harvestable electric power
From the University of Rhode Island, some ideas on putting waste city heat to good use. They seem to recognize what most climate scientists don’t. There’s a lot of heat…
BoM embraces UHI
They join the UK Met office in embracing UHI now. Of course, my friend Jim Goodridge, former California State Climatologist, had this nailed in 1996 with his study of surface…
UHI study of the UK Armagh Observatory
Via Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. and with a h/t to Erik, I found this most interesting, because it demonstrates the even small things like hedges can influence temperature readings. This…
Shocker! ABC says UHI making cities hotter!
Above: NOAA Satellite IR image showing UHI of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, DC Above: A trend comparison slide from my tour, courtesy of my friend, former California State…
Russian scientist suggests colder times ahead, cites UHI as a worry
MOSCOW, April 23 (UPI) — A Russian scientist says the Arctic may be getting colder, not warmer, which would hamper the international race to discover new mineral fields. An Arctic…
Measure UHI in your town with this easy to use temperature datalogger kit
Readers may remember a couple of weeks back when I lamented that the downward economy had finally caught up to me and my little weather business. I asked readers if…
Another UHI effect – thunderstorms & lightning
The March-April edition of WeatherWise magazine has an interesting article in it regarding UHI (Urban Heat Island) effects of enhancing thunderstorm formation in the downwind heat plume. It Stems from…
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