Event recap: Montgomery County Urban Heat Island (UHI) mapping campaign

Volunteers become “street scientists” to map an urban heat island. Credit: NOAA

This past Sunday, August 7th, NOAA CPO employees and residents of Maryland’s Montgomery County participated in the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) “Urban Heat Island Mapping Campaign”. Over 600 people expressed interest in helping with the campaign. To keep things efficient, county planners had to cap their acceptance of volunteers at just over 100. At the event, volunteers became “street scientists”, using heat sensors mounted on vehicles to collect temperature, humidity, time, and location data around the county.

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