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This example map from Hang’s project indicates MODIS land surface temperature over selected underserved communities in Atlanta in early 2005. This map was co-designed by residents from those communities that are concerned about the seasonal change of extreme weather, air pollution, accessibility to green space such as parks and Atlanta BeltLine. (Credits: Ethan Li and Yun Hang, Emory University)

Using NASA Earth Observations to Support Environmental Justice Communities in Atlanta, Georgia

Topic
Applied Sciences
Climate
Equity and Environmental Justice
Health & Air Quality
Team: Melanie Pearson (Emory University), Christine Ekenga (Emory University), Yang Liu (Emory University), Ethan Li (Emory University), Erin Lebow-Skelley (Emory University), Alina Merceron (Emory University)...
Thermal imagery of Denver bus stop in the afternoon displaying large variability in surface temperatures due to land cover types and shading. Tripods in center of image are recording wet and dry globe temperatures and windspeed. Combining fine-scale surface temperature data, with high-resolution land cover data, we can build a land cover regression to downscale Landsat thermal imagery for all metropolitan transit locations in Denver.

Unequal distributions of commuter exposure to extreme heat and air pollution at neighborhood microscales

Topic
Urban Development
Equity and Environmental Justice
Health & Air Quality
Team: Peter Ibsen (US Geological Survey), Priyanka DeSouza (UC Denver), Jay Diffendorfer (US Geological Survey), Travis Warziniak (US Forest Service), Cody Bingham (University of British...
Land surface temperatures for study area (Cuyahoga County, Ohio), as derived from Landsat. Black lines show boundaries of census blocks. Blue dots show the greenspaces and census blocks where the on the ground tree surveys have been conducted, with one census block highlighted as an inset. Image Credit: Rob Moore (Cleveland State).

Improved monitoring and management of urban tree equity: integrating metrics of tree quality with tree cover

Topic
Urban Development
Climate
Equity and Environmental Justice
Ecological Conservation
Health & Air Quality
Team: Kevin Mueller (Cleveland State University), Brice Grunert (Cleveland State University), Thomas Hilde (Cleveland State University), Kaiguang Zhao (Ohio State University), Daniel Meaney (Cuyahoga County...
Visualization of mean smoke fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from the Community Multiscale Air Quality Modeling System (CMAQ; Wilkins et al. 2018) and average maximum temperatures from gridMET (Abatzoglou 2011) from August 2008, alongside a census-tract level indicator of poverty (CalEnviroScreen 4.0). Darker red shades indicate higher PM2.5 exposure, temperatures, and poverty.

Mapping Vulnerable Populations in California to Climate-Related Hazards

Topic
Climate
Risk & Resilience
Equity and Environmental Justice
Team: Paul English (Tracking California); Michael Jerrett (University of California, Los Angeles); Joseph Wilkins (Howard University, Inc.); Michelle Wong (Tracking California); Jenny Nguyen (University of...

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