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Partial list of scientific
journal papers, technical reports, books sections, conference and meeting
presentations. For a full list or other articles of interest, send a request
to
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1) Journals and
proceedings
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Ching, J., Brown,
M., Burian, S., Chen, F., Cionco, R., Hanna, A., Hultgren, T., McPherson,
T., Sailor, D., Taha, H., and Williams, D., 2009. "National urban database
and access portal tool, NUDAPT". Bulletin of the American Meteorological
Society (BAMS) doi:10.1175/2009BAMS2675.1
Early
online release, April 2009.
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Taha, H. 2008. "Meso-urban
meteorological and photochemical modeling of heat island mitigation".
Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 42, No. 38 (December 2008), pp. 8795-8809. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.06.036.
Link to online version.
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Taha, H. 2008. "Episodic
performance and sensitivity of the urbanized MM5 (uMM5) to perturbations in
surface properties in Houston TX".
Boundary-Layer Meteorology, Vol. 127, No. 2 (May 2008), pp.
193-218. doi:10.1007/s10546-007-9258-6.
Link to online version.
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Taha, H.
2008. "Urban surface modification as a potential ozone air-quality improvement
strategy in California: A mesoscale modeling study". Boundary-Layer
Meteorology, Vol. 127, No. 2 (May 2008), pp. 219-239. doi:10.1007/s10546-007-9259-5.
Link to online version.
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Akbari, H., Rose, S.,
and Taha, H. 2003. "Analyzing the land cover of an urban environment using
high-resolution orthophotos", Landscape and Urban Planning, Vol. 63, No. 1,
(March 2003), pp. 1-14 --
doi:10.1016/S0169-2046(02)00165-2.
Link to paper.
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Taha, H.,
Meier, A., Gao, W., and Ojima, T.
2000. "Mitigation of Urban Heat Islands: Meteorology, Energy, and Air Quality
Impacts", Journal of the AIJ, No.
529, pp. 69-76 (March 2000), Tokyo, Japan.
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Taha, H. and
Bornstein, R. 1999. "Urbanization of meteorological models: Implications on
simulated heat islands and air quality", Invited Paper, International
Congress of Biometeorology and International Conference on Urban Climatology (ICB-ICUC) Conference, 8-12 November 1999, Sydney Australia.
See paper (PDF) here.
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Taha, H.
1999. "Modifying a Mesoscale Meteorological Model to Better Incorporate
Urban Heat Storage: A Bulk-Parameterization Approach", Journal of Applied
Meteorology, Vol. 38. No. 4, pp. 466-473.
See article here.
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Taha, H.,
Konopacki, S., and Gabersek, S. 1999. "Impacts of large-scale surface
modifications on meteorological conditions and energy use: A 10-region modeling
study", Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Vol. 62, no. 3-4, pp.
175-185.
Link for paper download.
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Taha, H.,
Konopacki, S., and Akbari, H. 1998. “Impacts of lowered urban air temperatures
on precursor emission and ozone air quality”. Journal of the Air & Waste
Management Association, Vol. 48 (1998), pp. 860-865.
Link for online version.
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Nowak, D.J.,
Cardelino, C.A., Rao, S.T., Taha, H. 1998. “Estimating cost effectiveness of
residential yard trees for improving air quality in Sacramento, California,
using existing models”. Atmospheric Environment, Volume 32, No. 14-15, pp.
2709-2711.
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Quattrochi,
D., Luvall, J., Lo, C.P., Kidder, S., Taha, H., Bornstein, R., Gillies, R., and
Gallo, K. 1998. "Project ATLANTA", Proceedings of the American Meteorological
Society's Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 2-7, 1998.
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Taha, H. and
Meier, A. 1997. "Mitigation of urban heat islands: Meteorology, energy, and air
quality impacts", Proceedings of the International Symposium on Monitoring and
Management of Urban Heat Island, CREST/JST, pp. 124- 163, November 19-20, Keio
University, Fujisawa, Japan.
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Taha, H.
1997. "Modeling the Impacts of Large-Scale Albedo Changes on Ozone Air Quality
in the South Coast Air Basin", Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 31, No. 11,
pp. 1667-1676 (1997).
Link to online version.
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Taha, H.
1996. "Modeling the Impacts of Increased Urban Vegetation on the Ozone Air
Quality in the South Coast Air Basin", Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 30,
No. 20 (1996), pp. 3423-3430.
Link to online version.
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Taha, H.,
Douglas, S., and Haney, J. 1997. "Mesoscale meteorological and air quality
impacts of increased urban albedo and vegetation", Energy & Buildings -
Special Issue on Urban Heat Islands, Vol. 25, Number 2 (1997), pp. 169-177.
Link to online version.
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Taha H. 1997.
"Urban Climates and Heat Islands: Albedo, Evapotranspiration, and Anthropogenic
Heat", Energy & Buildings - Special Issue on Urban Heat Islands, Vol. 25,
Number 2 (1997), pp. 99-103.
Link to online version.
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Rosenfeld,
A., Akbari, H., Taha, H., and Pomerantz, M. 1996. "Cool roofs and pavements to
help hot smoggy cities". Presented at the ASCE Annual Convention, Washington
DC,
November 11,
1996.
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Gabersek, S.
and Taha, H. "Impacts of surface characteristics changes on urban heat island
intensity". ICB 96, 14th International Congress of Biometeorology, September
1-8, 1996, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Rosenfeld,
A., Akbari, H., Bretz, S., Fishman, B., Kurn, D., Sailor, D., Taha, H. 1995.
"Mitigation of Urban Heat Islands: Materials, Utility programs, Updates",
Energy and Buildings, 22, (1995), pp. 255-265.
Link to online version.
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Akbari, H.
and Taha, H. 1992. "The Impact of Trees and White Surfaces on Residential
Heating and Cooling Energy Use in Four Canadian Cities", Energy, the
International Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2 (1992), pp. 141-149.
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Taha, H.,
Akbari, H., and Rosenfeld, A. 1991. "Heat Island and Oasis Effects of Vegetative
Canopies: Micrometeorological Field-Measurements", Theoretical and Applied
Climatology, Vol. 44, No. 2 (1991), pp. 123-138.
Link to online version.
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Taha, H.,
Akbari, H., and Rosenfeld, A. 1988. "Residential Cooling Loads and the Urban
Heat Island: The Effects of Albedo". Building and Environment, Vol. 23,
No. 4, pp. 271-283.
Link to online version.
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Taha,
H. 2003. "Heat Islands and Energy", an invited article. The Encyclopedia of Energy,
Volume 3, pp. 133-143. Academic Press / Elsevier Inc., Cutler J. Cleveland,
Editor-in-Chief (March 2004).
See TOC here.
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Taha,
H. 1996. Contribution to the book "Everyday Science Explained", by C. Suplee,
National Geographic Society (1996).
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3) Presentations in recent
conferences and meetings
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Taha, H. 2009. "Mesoscale
and Meso-urban Meteorological and Photochemical Modeling of Heat Island
Mitigation in California: Results and Regulatory Aspects". Presentation at
the Second International Conference on Countermeasures to Urban Heat
Islands, September 20-23, 2009, Berkeley, California.
Presentation can be seen here. Conference organizing
committee and information can be found at
this
link. Conference agenda can be found
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Taha, H. 2008.
"Understanding the role heat island controls could have on improving air
quality". Presentation at the California Energy and Air Quality Conference
(sponsored by the California Energy Commission PIER-EA; California EPA; Bay Area AQMD, South
Coast AQMD, Air Resources Board), October 29-30, 2008, South Coast Air
Quality Management District, Diamond Bar, California. The presentation
can be seen here and the conference agenda
and speakers biography
is available
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Bornstein, R.D.,
Gonzalez, J., Lebassi, B., and Taha, H. 2008. "Cooling summer daytime
temperatures in coastal California during 1948-2005: Observations, modeling,
and implications". Chair's Air Pollution Seminar, California Air Resources
Board, Sacramento, California, August 19, 2008. See the
Announcement here, or the
Presentation
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Ching, J., Taha, H.,
Chen, F., and Miao, S. 2008. "Sensitivity of CMAQ to urbanized meteorological
fields based on National Urban Database and Access Portal Tools (NUDAPT)".
Presented at
the American Meteorological Society's 15th Joint Conference on Applications of
Air Pollution Meteorology with the Air & Waste Management Association 10th
Conference on Atmospheric Chemsitry, New Orleans, Louisiana, 20-24 January 2008
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See abstract here.
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Bornstein, R.,
Weinroth, E., Balmori, R., and Taha, H. 2008.
"Simulations
of met conditions during a Houston ozone episode and the NYC DHS MSG tracer
study with urbanized MM5 (uMM5)". Presented at
the American Meteorological Society's 15th Joint Conference on Applications of
Air Pollution Meteorology with the Air & Waste Management Association, New
Orleans, Louisiana, 20-24 January 2008 --
See abstract here.
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Taha, H. 2007. "Mesoscale
and meso-urban modeling of heat islands and control: Evaluation of potential
ozone air-quality impacts in California", Paper 1.8, Presented at the American
Meteorological Society / 7th Symposium on the Urban Environment, September
10-13, San Diego, California --
Link to abstract
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Taha, H. and Ching, J.
2007. "UCP / MM5 Modeling in
conjunction with NUDAPT: Model requirements, updates, and applications", Paper
6.4, Presented at the American Meteorological Society / 7th Symposium on the
Urban Environment, September 10-13, San Diego, California --
Link to abstract
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Taha, H. 2007. "Urban heat islands and their mitigation vs. Local
impacts of climate change", Poster Presentation at the 4th California Climate
Change Conference, California Energy Commission, September 10-13, 2007,
Sacramento, California (available from author:
haider@altostratus.com)
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Bornstein, R., Balmori,
R., Weinroth, E., and Taha, H. 2007. "Simulations
for a Houston ozone episode and the NYC DHS MSG tracer study with an urbanized
version of MM5", Paper, Paper 11.6,
Presented at the American Meteorological
Society / 7th Symposium on the Urban Environment, September 10-13, San Diego,
California --
Link to abstract
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Taha, H. 2007. "UCP / MM5 ( uMM5) -- Part-1: UCP and LULC data
needs, Part-2: Applications and Evaluation". Presentation at the Second Annual
EPA / NUDAPT Workshop, April 18-20, 2007, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Presentation
not in public domain -- for copy, contact haider@altostratus.com
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Taha,
H. 2006. "Understanding the role heat
island control could have in improving air quality", Presentation at the
inaugural Electricity and Air Quality Conference, October 3-4, Sacramento, California,
organized by the California Energy Commission, California Air Resources Board,
Bay Area Air Quality Management District, and the South Coast Air Quality
Management District.
See the presentation on the CEC web site.
The conference agenda is available
here.
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Taha, H. 2006.
"Fine-resolution UCP-meteorological and photochemical modeling:
Parameterizations and urban database needs". Presentation at the first Annual
EPA / NUDAPT Workshop. National Center for Atmospheric Research, May 10-12,
2006, Boulder, Colorado. Presentation not in public domain -- for copy, contact
haider@altostratus.com
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Taha,
H., Bornstein, R., and Balmori, R. 2005. "Use of the Martilli-Dupont
urbanized MM5 to simulate the Houston urban heat island for air-quality
applications",
9th Annual Conference on Atmospheric Transport
and Dispersion Modeling, George Mason University, July 18-20, 2005,
Fairfax, Virginia.
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Taha,
H.,
Bornstein, R., Balmori, R., and Noble, J. 2005. "Urban surface modifications and
their potential effects on air quality in the Houston-Galveston region", Paper
9.2, Atmospheric Sciences and Air Quality Conference, American Meteorological
Society, April 27-29, 2005, San Francisco, California.
See abstract here.
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Taha, H.,
Bornstein, R., Balmori, R., and Noble, J. 2005.
"Impacts of urban and rural
land-use and land-cover changes on MM5 simulated meteorological conditions in
the Houston-Galveston region", 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent
Weather Modification, 85th Annual
Meeting, American Meteorological Society, January 10-14, 2005, San Diego,
California.
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Taha,
H., Bornstein, R., and Balmori, R. 2004. "Updated
assessment of impacts from urban and rural surface modifications on meteorology
and air quality in Houston-Galveston region", 8th
Annual Conference on Transport and Dispersion Modeling,
George Mason University, July 2004, Fairfax, Virginia.
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Taha,
H., Bornstein, R., Ching, J., and Dupont, S. 2004. "Application of the urbanized
MM5 to the Houston-Galveston TX region", Paper 9.10, 5th Symposium on the Urban
Environment, American Meteorological Society, Vancouver BC, August 2004.
See abstract here.
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Taha,
H., Kalkstein, L., Sheridan, S., and Wong, E. 2004. "The potential of urban
environmental control in alleviating heat-wave health effects in five U.S.
regions", Paper J4.3, 16th Symposium on Biometeorology and Aerobiology,
American Meteorological Society, Vancouver BC, August 2004. See
paper here.
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Taha, H. 2007.
"Urban surface modification as a potential ozone air-quality
improvement strategy in California -- Phase 2: Fine-resolution meteorological
and photochemical modeling of urban heat islands", Final report prepared by Altostratus Inc. for the California
Energy Commission, Sacramento, California, PIER Environmental Research.
Full report can be downloaded here.
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Taha, H. 2005.
"Urban surface modification as a potential ozone
air-quality improvement strategy in California -- Phase 1: Initial
Mesoscale Modeling", Final report prepared by Altostratus Inc. for the
California Energy Commission, Sacramento, California, PIER Environmental Research. See the
Full Report at this link
or the
Executive Summary only
on the Energy Commission's web site. A very
short summary
is also available.
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Bornstein, R., Balmori, R., Noble, J., and Taha,
H. 2005. "Urban heat island alterations from urban-forest and albedo changes in the
Houston-Galveston region: fine-resolution urbanized MM5 modeling of an
August-September 2000 episode". Final Report
prepared for Houston Advanced Research
Center. Contact author: haider@altostratus.com.
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Taha,
H. 2005. "Potential for mitigating impacts of heat wave episodes in the U.S.: A
four-region meteorological modeling study". Final Report prepared for the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC, by Altostratus Inc. Report will
be available on EPA Web site; currently available from author: haider@altostratus.com.
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Taha,
H. 2003. “Potential meteorological and
air-quality implications of heat-island reduction strategies in the
Houston-Galveston TX region”, Technical Note (January 2003), 143 pp., available from
the author:
haider@altostratus.com
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Taha, H. 2003. “Potential meteorological and
air-quality impacts of heat island reduction strategies (HIRS) on the Chicago IL
region", Technical Note (April 2003), 52 pp., available from the author:
haider@altostratus.com
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Taha,
H. 2003. "Mesoscale meteorological and air quality modeling of heat island
reduction strategies", Technical Note (April 2003), 53 pp., available from
the author:
haider@altostratus.com
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Taha,
H. 2003. "Multi-regional modeling assessment of the potential meteorological
impacts of heat island reduction", Technical Note (April 2003), 46 pp., available from
the author:
haider@altostratus.com
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Taha, H.,
Hammer, H., and Akbari, H. 2002. “Meteorological and air quality impacts of
increased urban albedo and vegetative cover in the Greater Toronto, Canada
Region”. LBNL Report No. 49210.
See the report (PDF) here.
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Taha,
H. 2001. Climate change and air quality: "A preliminary episodic modeling
assessment of the Los Angeles Basin", in Koteen, L., Bloomfield, J., Eichler,
T., Tonne, C., Young, R., Poulshok, H., and Sosler, A., 2001, Climate Change
and Human Health, in Hot Prospects: The potential impacts of global climate change
on Los Angeles and the Southland, Environmental Defense (2001).
See the report (PDF) here.
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Taha,
H., Chang, S.C. and Akbari, H. 2001. “Sensitivity of the Houston-Galveston
meteorology and ozone air quality to local perturbations in surface albedo,
vegetation fraction, and soil moisture”. LBNL Report No. 47663.
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Taha, H.,
Chang, S.C., and Akbari, H. 2001. “Meteorological and air quality implications
of heat island reduction in Houston
TX”. LBNL Draft Report.
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Taha, H.
2000. “Potential impacts of climate change on tropospheric ozone in California:
A preliminary modeling assessment of the Los Angeles Basin and the Sacramento
Valley”. LBNL report 46695.
Download report here.
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Emery, C. and
Taha, H. 2000. “Reconciliation of two modeling efforts that estimate the air
quality benefits of cool communities strategies in the South Coast Air Basin”.
Technical note prepared for the City of Los Angeles, Department of Environmental
Affairs.
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Taha, H., Chang, S., and Akbari, H. 2000.
"Meteorological And Air Quality Impacts Of Heat Island Mitigation Measures In
Three U.S. Cities. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report No.
LBNL-44222". Berkeley, California.
Link to report PDF.
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Taha, H. 1998.
"Impacts of cool cities on air quality: A preliminary modeling assessment for
Nashville TN, Dallas TC, and Atlanta GA. LBNL Report No. 42256.
See the report PDF here.
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Taha, H.
1997. "On urbanizing a mesoscale meteorological model: A bulk-parameterization
approach", Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report, No. 41151, available
from author.
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Gabersek, S.
and Taha, H. 1995. "A preliminary multi-city assessment of the impacts of
increased urban albedo and vegetation on regional meteorology and energy use",
LBL Report No. 37887, October 1995, Berkeley, California.
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Taha, H.,
Douglas, S., Haney, J., Winer, A., Benjamin, M., Hall, D., Hall, J., Liu, X.,
and Fishman, B. 1995. "Modeling the ozone air quality impacts of increased
albedo and urban forest in the South Coast Air Basin", Lawrence Berkeley
Laboratory Report No. 37316, Berkeley, California.
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Taha, H.,
Liu, X, Sailor, D., Meier, A., Benjamin, M., Winer, A., Douglas, S., and Haney,
J. 1994. "Analysis of energy efficiency and air quality in the South Coast Air
Basin of California -- Phase II", LBL Report No. 35728 (Volume 2), 419 pp.
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Taha, H.
1990. "An Urban Microclimate Model for Site-Specific Energy Simulation:
Boundary Layers, Urban Canyon, and Building Conditions." LBL Report No. 29630,
Doctoral Dissertation, University of California at Berkeley.
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Taha, H.
1988. "Site-Specific Heat-Island Simulations: Model Development and Application
to Microclimate Conditions". Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Report No. 26105.
Masters Thesis, University of California.
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New Scientist (UK)
article,
EA Recent Research
article, EETD Newsletter
article, Popular Science Magazine (US),
Los Angeles Times (US),
San Jose Mercury News (US), New
York Times (US),
London Financial Times (UK)
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