UHI
Urban Heat Island and Urban Thermography
Integration of satellite TIR observations into urban meteorological and climate modelling to help decision makers in better preventing the impact of Urban Heat Islands during heat waves and in reducing the risk.
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Urban Heat Island and Urban Thermography | |
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€1,135k | |
Service Demonstration | |
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NOAA : AVHRR MSG : SEVIRI Landsat 7 : ETM Landsat 4/5 : TM ERS-2 : ATSR-2 EOS-Terra : ASTER EOS-Aqua : MODIS ENVISAT : AATSR |
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http://www.urbanheatisland.info" target="_blank">http://www.urbanheatisland.info | |
Densely built cities with a low percentage of green areas are sensitive to heat waves due to air temperatures in the core of the city significantly higher than in the surrounding rural areas. When these high temperatures coincide with low wind speeds and high humidity, the population might be put under thermal stress with dramatic consequences. The metropolitan areas that are the most prone to heat waves are called Urban Heat Islands (UHI). The project "Urban Heat Islands and Urban Thermography" aims principally at defining, designing, developing, verifying, validating and demonstrating a set of services that integrate satellite observations with ground weather stations into urban meteorological and climate models for a better prevention of UHI impacts during summer heat waves, a reduction of the heat wave risk in metropolitan areas, and a better implementation of energy efficiency policies in European cities. The project has a threefold objective:
The ultimate objective of the project is, through a better understanding of the conditioning factors that drive urban climates, to be in a position to predict and mitigate the spatial and temporal variability of Urban Heat Islands in metropolitan areas and their effect on the local population most at risk. |
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UHI Newsletter 1 UHI Newsletter 2 UHI Newsletter 3 UHI Newsletter 4 UHI Newsletter 5 UHI Newsletter 6 Executive Summary Final Report |
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PLANETEK ITALIA S.R.L. | |
INDRA EUROSENSE VITO EDISOFT NOA ISRA |
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Municipality of Athens Municipality of Amaroussion Greek Civil Protection Greek MetOffice Municipality of Bari IBGE-BIM Municipality of Budapest Municipality of Lisbon E-Nova INSA-DEP/ONSA Greater London Authority Municipality of Madrid Municipality of Paris Municipality of Seville Seville Area de Innovacion SEVILLA GLOBAL Agency of Urban Ecology Municipality of Thessaloniki ERT-3 |
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Paolo Manunta
Planetek Italia s.r.l. Via Massaua, 12 I-70123 Bari ITALY Tel: +39 080-534.3750 Fax: +39 080-534.0280 Email: manunta@planetek.it |
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Marc Paganini
European Space Agency - ESRIN D/EOP-SEP Via Galileo Galilei I-00046 Frascati (RM) Italy Tel: +39 06-941.80563
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