Title Urban meteorology : forecasting, monitoring, and meeting users' needs / Committee on Urban Meteorology: Scoping the Problem, Defining the Needs, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (some color) Contents Introduction -- End user needs -- Science and technology -- Future directions Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes "The 2011 Summer BASC summer study focused on current and emerging forecasting and monitoring technologies for the urban environment, and sought input and feedback from diverse communities of scholars, technology, providers, and users of such information. A planning committee, constituted by BASC and the National Research Council (NRC), developed the workshop agenda, selected participants who contributed presentations and took part in plenary and small group discussions, and synthesized the discussions into this report. The workshop was held July 27-28, 2011 at the J. Erik Jonsson Center of the National Academy of Sciences, in Woods Hole, MA."--Page ix Print version record Subject Meteorology -- United States -- Congresses Weather forecasting -- United States -- Congresses Urban climatology -- United States -- Congresses SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology. Meteorology Urban climatology Weather forecasting United States Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings Form Electronic book Author National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Urban Meteorology: Scoping the Problem, Defining the Needs ISBN 9780309252188 0309252180 1280880201 9781280880209

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