Union Session of AGU Fall 2003
Human-induced Climate Variations Linked with Urbanization: From Observations to Modeling
J. Marshall Shepherd and Menglin Jin
December 12, 2003
San Francisco, USA
Session Abstract
Session Abstract
Session Summary - Part One
On Inclusion of Urban Landscape in Climate Model -How Can Satellite Data Help?
Session Agenda
Meeting_Agenda (U51A, U51C, U52A)
Session Presentations (Reuse of materials in these presentations needs permission from the authors)
Framework for Inclusion of Urbanized Landscapes
in a Climate Model. (by Prof. Robert E. Dickinson)
Promise and Capability of NASA's Earth Observing System to Monitor
Human-Induced Climate Variations (by Dr. Michael D. King)
Urban Aerosol-Induced Changes of Precipitation (by Prof. Danny Rosenfeld)
Detecting and Simulating Urban-induced Climate Changes via EOS observations and NCAR Community Land Model (by Dr. Menglin Jin)
Instantaneous Rain Rates in Satellite Observations and a General Circulation Model (by Dr. E. M. Wilcox)
Synergistic use of MODIS and Nighttime DMSP/OLS Data for the Assessment of the Climatic Effects of Urbanization (by C. Milesi )
Assessing Urbanization Impact on Long-term Rainfall Trends in Houston.
(by Dr. Steve J. Burian )
Urban Growth as a Component of Global Change.
(by A. Schneider )
Effects of urbanization and global warming on subsurface temperature in the three mega cities in Japan.
(by Dr. Makoto Taniguchi )
Monitor PM2.5 from Space.
(by Dr. Allen Chu )
Modeling urban surface-atmosphere sensible heat exchanges.
(by Dr. Sarah Roberts )
more are coming
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-- Last updated December 30, 2003
-- Menglin Jin (mjin@atmos.umd.edu)