Earth ID: 10699

Urban Heat Island AGU 2010

Released on December 10, 2010

Video and animations of the Urban Heat Island Effect with Ping Zhang and Marc Imhoff created for the AGU conference 2010.

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

Robert Simmon (Sigma Space Corporation): Lead Animator
Megan Willy (IRC/UMBC): Animator
Brooke Harris (UMBC): Video Editor
Marc Imhoff (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Ping Zhang (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Brooke Harris (UMBC): Producer
Marc Imhoff (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Ping Zhang (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Rob Andreoli (AIMM): Videographer

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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This item is part of this series:
Narrated Movies

Goddard TV Tapes:
G2010-001 -- Aircheck 2010
G2010-141 -- Urban Heat Island AGU 2010

Keywords:
SVS >> Climate
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Heat Island
SVS >> Temperature
SVS >> Urban Growth
DLESE >> Narrated
NASA Science >> Earth