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Sacramento urban heat island (Popularity: )
http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/essd01jul98_1.htm
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.

Urban Heat Islands - Melbourne, Australia (Popularity: )
http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~jon//WWW/uhi-melb.html
Quantitative study of the heat island in Melbourne, Australia

Heat Island Group (Popularity: )
http://eande.lbl.gov/HeatIsland/
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 ...

Project ATLANTA - Urban Heat Island Study (Popularity: )
http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/atlanta/
NASA's High Spatial Resolution Airborne Multispectral Thermal Infrared Data to Support Analysis and Modeling Tasks in EOS IDS Project ATLANTA.

Urban heat in Salt Lake City (Popularity: )
http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/essd21jul98_1.htm
NASA analysis of blistering - and refreshing - spots in Salt Lake City.

Sustainable Urban Design and Climate (Popularity: )
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/environ/design/design.shtml
Australian Bureau of Meteology information on the impacts of climate on urban design.

Scientists Watch Cities Make Their Own Weather (Popularity: )
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/081500sci-environ-climate.html
New York Times feature story about the urban heat island effect, focusing on Project ATLANTA. [Registration required -- free]

Stadtklima / Urban climate (Popularity: )
http://www.urbanclimate.net/
English version of German urban climate study group resource page.

Climatic Design of Buildings - An Overview (Popularity: )
http://www.arch.hku.hk/~cmhui/teach/65156-7.htm
An on-line course focusing on the effect of climate and architectural design upon each other in Hong Kong.