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The Urban Heat Island Pilot Project (UHIPP)Urban heat islands increase the demand for cooling energy and accelerate the formation of smog. They are created when natural vegetation is replaced by heat-absorbing surfaces such as building roofs and walls, parking lots, and streets. Through the implementation of measures designed to mitigate the urban heat island, communities can decrease their demand for energy and effectively "cool" the metropolitan landscape. Measures to reverse the urban heat island include afforestation and the widespread use of highly reflective surfaces. To demonstrate the potential benefits of implementing these measures, EPA has teamed up with NASA and LBNL to initiate a pilot project with three U.S. cities. As part of the pilot, NASA is using remotely-sensed data to quantify surface temperature, albedo, the thermal response number and NDVI vegetation of each city. To pursue these efforts, more information is needed about specific characteristics of several different cities. NASA used the Advanced Thermal and Land Applications Sensor (ATLAS) to obtain high spatial resolution (10 m pixel resolution) over each of the three pilot cities (Baton Rouge, Sacramento, and Salt Lake City). The goal of the UHIPP is to use the results from the NASA/LBNL analysis, combined with knowledge gained through working with various organizations within each pilot city to identify the most effective means of implementing strategies designed to mitigate the urban heat island, These "lessons learned" will be made available and used by cities across the U.S. to assist policy makers and others within various communities to analyze their own urban heat islands and determine which, if any, measures can be taken to help save energy and money, and to prevent pollution. The object of this session is for representatives from each of the pilot cities to present their results of the study and share the experience of working with these data in managing their urban landscape.
Document ID
20020022522
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Luvall, Jeff
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Morris, Lynn
(Baton Rouge Green Baton Rouge, LA United States)
Stewart, Fran
(Louisiana Dept. of Environmental Quality LA United States)
Thretheway, Ray
(Sacramento Tree Foundation Sacramento, CA United States)
Gartland, Lisa
(PositivEnergy United States)
Russell, Camille
(Washington Univ. WA United States)
Reddish, Merrill
(Tree Utah UT United States)
Arnold, James E.
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2001
Subject Category
Technology Utilization And Surface Transportation
Meeting Information
Meeting: American Forests 2001 National Urban Forest Conference
Location: Washington, DC
Country: United States
Start Date: September 5, 2001
End Date: September 8, 2001
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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