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Hyperlocal mapping within urban heat islands for future forecasting
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:04:23
Publish Date: 2019-07-12 17:00:00
Description: A quick check on a smart phone will provide you with the day’s expected high temperature, but what if you could find out how hot it’s going to be in your neighborhood? That type of finely tuned heat forecast would be as much for health as convenience. In fact, it could save lives. With support from the National Science Foundation, a multidisciplinary University of Georgia team is compiling highly detailed, fine-resolution maps detailing the “Urban Heat Island” in their town of Athens, Georgia. They’re figuring out how temperatures vary in a city, block by block, so people can better prepare for severe heat in the future.
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