Open AccessFINE STRUCTURE IN MANHATTAN’S DAYTIME URBAN HEAT ISLAND: A NEW DATASET
Author(s) -
Brian VantHull,
Maryam Karimi,
Awolou Sossa,
Jade Wisanto,
Rouzbeh Nazari,
R. Khanbilvardi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of urban and environmental engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.187
H-Index - 13
ISSN - 1982-3932
DOI - 10.4090/juee.2014.v8n1.059074
Subject(s) - anomaly (physics) , daytime , urban heat island , environmental science , relative humidity , humidity , meteorology , anomaly detection , remote sensing , cartography , geography , computer science , geology , data mining , atmospheric sciences , physics , condensed matter physics
A street-level temperature and humidity dataset with high resolution spatial and temporal components has been created for the island of Manhattan, suitable for use by the urban health and modeling communities. It consists of a set of pedestrian measurements over the course of two summers converted into anomaly maps, and a set of ten light-post mounted installations measuring temperature, relative humidity, and illumination at three minute intervals over three months. The quality control and data reduction used to produce the anomaly maps is described, and the relationships between spatial and temporal variability are investigated. The data sets are available for download via the project website.