Urban Heat Island AGU 2010
- Visualizations by:
- Robert Simmon
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Video and animations of the Urban Heat Island Effect with Ping Zhang and Marc Imhoff created for the AGU conference 2010.
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Satellite-produced maps of Providence and Buffalo highlight the role that differences in development patterns and vegetation cover can have on the magnitude of a city's urban heat island. Though the two cities have the same approximate size, Buffalo has a significantly weaker heat island. The maps show visible light (far left), land surface temperatures (near left), density of development (right), and vegetation cover (far right).

Satellite-produced maps of Providence and Buffalo highlight the role that differences in development patterns and vegetation cover can have on the magnitude of a city's urban heat island. Though the two cities have the same approximate size, Providence has a significantly stronger heat island. The maps show visible light (far left), land surface temperatures (near left), density of development (right), and vegetation cover (far right).
Credits
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Animators
- Robert Simmon (Sigma Space Corporation) [Lead]
- Megan Willy (IRC/UMBC)
Video editor
- Brooke Harris (USRA)
Scientists
- Marc Imhoff (NASA/GSFC)
- Ping Zhang (NASA/GSFC)
Interviewees
- Marc Imhoff (NASA/GSFC)
- Ping Zhang (NASA/GSFC)
Producer
- Brooke Harris (USRA)
Videographer
- Rob Andreoli (AIMM)
Series
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