About this page
This page is aimed at students studying urban microclimates, with a particular focus on the southern tip of the Kowloon peninsula in Hong Kong. Other students may find it useful for general information.
General information on microclimates can be found here and in many of the links below.
General information on microclimates can be found here and in many of the links below.
Microclimates - useful sites
Our locations https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?hl=en_US&app=mp&mid=z2iri7r-rTHE.kNpDGbPTV1Mw YOU MAY NOT COPY THIS IN YOUR WRITE UP.
Ideas about the types of things we can study https://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Schools/Fieldwork+and+local+learning/Fieldwork+techniques/Microclimate.htm
Basic but a good introduction
http://www.coolgeography.co.uk/A-level/AQA/Year%2013/Weather%20and%20climate/Microclimates/Urban_climates.htm
Some great, if basic, information and some fantastic ideas of how to present the data (Command+F to search for 'urban' within the document)
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/n/9/Fact_sheet_No._14.pdf
More detailed information, and especially useful as it is a similarly small scale area (in fact, even smaller than ours!)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096014811400336X and full text here
Similar to Geography Launchpad, but with much more detail!
http://thebritishgeographer.weebly.com/urban-climates.html
News article about heat islands in Hong Kong
http://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1486872/rush-build-hong-kong-must-keep-cool
Quite basic but specific to Hong Kong, including some real time measurements
http://www.hko.gov.hk/climate_change/urbanization_e.htm
Rather basic but interesting link between housing and microclimate in Hong Kong, including spotting techniques that may have been used to reduce impact of microclimates - this may be useful to help annotate photographs
http://www.science.gov.hk/paper/Microclimate-and-public-housing.pdf
Hong Kong wide, but may have some quotable points
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3613573/
Ideas about the types of things we can study https://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Schools/Fieldwork+and+local+learning/Fieldwork+techniques/Microclimate.htm
Basic but a good introduction
http://www.coolgeography.co.uk/A-level/AQA/Year%2013/Weather%20and%20climate/Microclimates/Urban_climates.htm
Some great, if basic, information and some fantastic ideas of how to present the data (Command+F to search for 'urban' within the document)
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/n/9/Fact_sheet_No._14.pdf
More detailed information, and especially useful as it is a similarly small scale area (in fact, even smaller than ours!)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096014811400336X and full text here
Similar to Geography Launchpad, but with much more detail!
http://thebritishgeographer.weebly.com/urban-climates.html
News article about heat islands in Hong Kong
http://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1486872/rush-build-hong-kong-must-keep-cool
Quite basic but specific to Hong Kong, including some real time measurements
http://www.hko.gov.hk/climate_change/urbanization_e.htm
Rather basic but interesting link between housing and microclimate in Hong Kong, including spotting techniques that may have been used to reduce impact of microclimates - this may be useful to help annotate photographs
http://www.science.gov.hk/paper/Microclimate-and-public-housing.pdf
Hong Kong wide, but may have some quotable points
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3613573/