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URBAN METEOROLOGY
FORECASTING, MONITORING, AND MEETING USERS' NEEDS |
| By: |
Committee on Urban Meteorology: Scoping the Problem, Defining the Needs, Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate, Division on Earth and Life Sciences |
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Paperback |
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£49.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0309252172 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780309252171 |
| Publisher: |
NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
13 June, 2012 |
| Pages: |
176 |
| Description: |
"The 2011 Summer BASC summer study focused on current and emerging forecasting and monitoring technologies for the urban environment, and sought input and feedback from diverse communities of scholars, technology, providers, and users of such information. A planning committee, constituted by BASC and the National Research Council (NRC), developed the workshop agenda, selected participants who contributed presentations and took part in plenary and small group discussions, and synthesized the discussions into this report. The workshop was held July 27-28, 2011 at the J. Erik Jonsson Center of the National Academy of Sciences, in Woods Hole, MA." -- p.ix. |
| Synopsis: |
According to the United Nations, three out of five people will be living in cities worldwide by the year 2030. The United States continues to experience urbanization with its vast urban corridors on the east and west coasts. Although urban weather is driven by large synoptic and meso-scale features, weather events unique to the urban environment arise from the characteristics of the typical urban setting, such as large areas covered by buildings of a variety of heights; paved streets and parking areas; means to supply electricity, natural gas, water, and raw materials; and generation of waste heat and materials. Urban Meteorology: Forecasting, Monitoring, and Meeting Users' Needs is based largely on the information provided at a Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate community workshop. This book describes the needs for end user communities, focusing in particular on needs that are not being met by current urban-level forecasting and monitoring.Urban Meteorology also describes current and emerging meteorological forecasting and monitoring capabilities that have had and will likely have the most impact on urban areas, some of which are not being utilized by the relevant end user communities. Urban Meteorology explains that users of urban meteorological information need high-quality information available in a wide variety of formats that foster its use and within time constraints set by users' decision processes. By advancing the science and technology related to urban meteorology with input from key end user communities, urban meteorologists can better meet the needs of diverse end users. To continue the advancement within the field of urban meteorology, there are both short-term needs-which might be addressed with small investments but promise large, quick returns-as well as future challenges that could require significant efforts and investments. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
National Academies Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |