BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Springshare//LibCal//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT15M
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20230921T143000Z
DTEND:20230921T153000Z
DTSTAMP:20230921T000000Z
SUMMARY:Montreal's Urban Heat Island: Tour of Climate Sensors on Campus
DESCRIPTION:The Library is once again pleased to welcome Raja Sengupta\, 
 Associate Professor in the Department of Geography & McGill School of 
 Environment\, for Science Literacy Week.\n\n \n\nThe Urban Heat Island 
 (UHI) effect is one where nighttime temperatures (e.g.\, around 1 am) in 
 downtown core of cities are higher than a surrounding rural area. In 
 Montreal\, it can be 5-6 deg C higher. However\, UHI remains a poorly 
 understood phenomenon in the context of the presence of green spaces 
 between buildings in urban areas. This is primarily due to the sparse 
 placement of measurement stations in most cities\, which do not allow for 
 local variability in temperatures to be captured with any detail.\n \nA 
 better understanding of this phenomenon can be obtained by low-cost 
 temperature and humidity sensor networks for UHI mapping via an ongoing 
 research project in cities and University campuses in Canada and India. 
 McGill University is one site of this project\, with sensors placed at 
 locations around Burnside Hall. \n\n \n\nThe tour will cover details of 
 what is UHI\, and how it is of increasing concern with increased 
 urbanization. It will also discuss the design and placement of low cost 
 sensors on McGill's campus and other areas of Montreal\, and how the 
 project helped create a temperature profile using the collected data.  
 Findings include the impact of higher nighttime temperatures on vulnerable 
 populations (the poor\, elderly\, and visible minorities).\n\n \n\nMeet 
 outside the entrance of Burnside Hall.
ORGANIZER;CN="April Colosimo":MAILTO:april.colosimo@mcgill.ca
CATEGORIES:Science Literacy Week
CONTACT;CN="April Colosimo":MAILTO:april.colosimo@mcgill.ca
STATUS:CONFIRMED
UID:LibCal-3741367
URL:https://libraryrooms.mcgill.ca/calendar/mcgill/urbanheatisland
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:BUSY
BEGIN:VALARM
TRIGGER:-PT15M
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:Reminder
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT

END:VCALENDAR