Uploaded on 2018-08-12 by Blake Ledna

As was explained in the lectures of this week, an urban heat island (UHI) is a city or metropolitan area that is significantly warmer than its surrounding rural areas due to human activities. 1. Check the temperature differences in US cities In this first part of the exercise, we would like you to follow the link to the Climate Central website and check the temperature differences that have been recorded in US cities and their surrounding rural areas due to UHI effect. 2. Which are the main UHI effects that you can identify in your area? Now that you saw the significant effect of UHI in the US cities, can you provide data and information for your own place of residence? In addition to that, we want you to provide two images; the first one of a city and the second one of its surrounding rural area (preferably one of those areas is your place of residence). Compare the two images in terms of reasons that contribute to the UHI effect of the city. -------------- In Malibu proper, we see very minimal UHI as compared to nearby Los Angeles and "the valley"