Urbanization modeling

for Urban Heat Island (UHI), Neighborhood Scale Meteorology,

and Air Quality Modeling

Participating Groups:

University of Houston

San Jose State University

EPA

Arizona State University

1. Workshop

     The First Workshop for Urbanization Modeling (July 22, 2003, University of Houston)

2. Urbanization modeling for Houston (Proposal)

A. Understanding of Urban-Canopy Model (DA-SM2-U)

   1) Simulation of meteorological fields within and above urban and rural canopies with a mesoscale model (MM5)

      (by Dr. Sylvain Dupont (EPA))

   2) Input, output and modification of MM5 for Urban-Canopy Model

      (by Dr. Sylvain Dupont (EPA))

B. Background of this study

   1) Large scale climate for Houston area

   2) Weather summary of TexAQS2000 case

   3) List of references for Houston meteorology and air quality

C. Goal of this study

D. Study Plan

E. Appendix

   1) Computing Resources

3. Reports     

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4. Publications     

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