Nancy Selover

TL;DR: In this paper, the long-term urban climate effects are detectable from an analysis of the GHCN (Global Historical Climate Network) database and a comparison of urban versus rural temperature changes with decadal population data.

TL;DR: This study investigates the impact of photovoltaic canopy shade and tree shade on thermal comfort through meteorological observations and field surveys at a pedestrian mall on Arizona State University’s Tempe campus, suggesting that artificial and natural shades are equally efficient in hot dry climates.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the impacts, feedbacks, and mitigation of the urban heat island in Phoenix, Arizona (USA) and found that urbanization has increased the nighttime minimum temperature by 5°C and the average daily temperatures by 3.1°C.

TL;DR: In this paper, an analysis of wind records from several automated weather stations and a radar wind profiler for selected characteristic peri... was performed for selected characteristics of the evening transition in complex topography.

TL;DR: In this paper, an automated method for segmenting digital images of orographic cumulus and a simple metric for characterizing the transition from shallow to deep convection is presented.