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	Sustainable Urban Design and Climate - http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/environ/design/design.shtml Australian Bureau of Meteology information on the impacts of climate on urban design.
	Sacramento urban heat island - 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.
	Climatic Design of Buildings - An Overview - 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.
	Project ATLANTA - Urban Heat Island Study - 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 - http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/essd21jul98_1.htm NASA analysis of blistering - and refreshing - spots in Salt Lake City.

	Stadtklima / Urban climate - http://www.urbanclimate.net/ English version of German urban climate study group resource page.
	Board on the Urban Environment - http://www.ametsoc.org/stacpges/CommitteeDisplay/CommitteeDisplay.aspx?CC=URBM American Meteorological Society Board on the Urban Environment members, email list, and mission statement.
	Thomas Loridan: Modelling Surface Atmosphere Interaction in Urban Areas - http://geography.kcl.ac.uk/micromet/TLoridan/index.htm Research project from King's College, London on the parameterization of surface atmosphere interactions in urban areas. Software available for Download
	Matthew Blackett - http://geography.kcl.ac.uk/micromet/MBlackett/ Description of the climatology research into the urban surface energy balance land surface scheme comparison at King's College, London.
	Heat Island Group - 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 of combatting it.

	Scientists Watch Cities Make Their Own Weather - 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]
	EPA: Heat Island Site - http://www.epa.gov/heatisland/ Explains how heat islands are measured, and how they can affect your health.
	How Shiny Is L.A.? - http://eetd.lbl.gov/EA/Buildings/RResearch/LA.html Reports of surface albedo (reflectivity) of Los Angeles and California's South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB).

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