Cooling Our Cities - DOE site advocating a tree-planting program as a way to combat Urban Heat Islands

Heat Island Group - 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.

How Shiny Is L.A.? - Reports of surface albedo of Los Angeles, CA.

Project ATLANTA - Urban Heat Island Study - by NASA

Sustainable Urban Design and Climate - Australian Bureau of Meteology information on the impacts of climate on urban design.

Remote Sensing of Urban Heat Islands - University of Maryland material on using satellite imagery to identify heat islands

Urban heat in Salt Lake City - NASA analysis of blistering - and refreshing - spots in Salt Lake City.

Stadtklima / Urban climate - English version of German urban climate study group resource page.

Urban Heat Islands - Melbourne, Australia - Quantitative study of the heat island in Melbourne, Australia

Urban Climate mailing list - A scientific/academic email list for exchanging information about urban climate related events.

Sacramento urban heat island - 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.

Urban Climate In The Subway - Analysis of climate in New York's subway system.

Climatic Design of Buildings - An Overview - On-line course.

Board on the Urban Environment - American Meteorological Society board information

Scientists Watch Cities Make Their Own Weather - New York Times feature story about the urban heat island effect. [Subscription required -- free]

The Third Symposium on the Urban Environment - Will be held 1418 August 2000 at the University of California, in Davis, California.

Climatology Research Group - Special subjects are software development for numerical modelling, wind flow studies in subway systems and particle and aerosol dispersion in street canyons.