The workshop aims to facilitate collaborations between researchers and will have substantial dialogue and networking activities as well as invited overview presentations, panel discussions and the opportunity to present your work in poster sessions. Sessions planned for the programme are:
- Overview presentations by invited speakers
- Plenary discussions
- Networking activities
- Breakout discussion groups
- Poster session
In addition to the main programme we will have a practical activity on the Monday afternoon where we will all take measurements of surface temperature in and around the Reading campus. Practical details are given on the meeting logistics page here.
An outline of the programme is given below:
Agenda for EarthTemp IV: Exploring the Complexity of Urban Surface Temperatures
Monday 8th June 2015
12:00 – 13:00: Registration and lunch
Assemble at the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading. Time to meet your fellow attendees. A buffet lunch will be provided
13:00 – 17:00: Measurement time
So how complex are urban surface temperatures? Well here is your chance to found out. We will spend the afternoon measuring small scale temperature variations in and around the university campus in Reading using multiple measurements methods. This will be a fun but educational start to the meeting and offer a unique insight into small-scale temperature variability. We intend that this activity will lead to a publication for all participants (weather permitting!).
Tuesday 9th June 2015
08:30 – 09:00: Late registration
09:00 – 09:15: Welcome, logistics, and introduction to workshop
09:15 – 09:30: The EarthTemp Network and Visiting Scientist Scheme
09:30 – 09:45: Report on EarthTemp African Workshop 2014
09:45 - 10:00: Aims and objectives for this workshop
10:00 – 10:30: Making connections
10:30 to 11:00 Coffee
11:00 to 12:30: Session 1: Meaning(s) of temperature in urban environments - the complexity of linkages between temperatures measured different ways, including remote sensing
11:00 to 12:00 – Keynote presentations
Keynote 1a - "Meanings of Urban surface temperatures" - Andreas Christen, University of British Columbia
Keynote 1b - "Complexity of ST in the urban environment" - Jean-Pierre Lagouarde, INRA
12:00 – 12:30: Plenary discussion on session 1
12:30 to 13:30 Lunch
13:30 to 15:00: Session 2: Three-dimensional temperature in urban spaces - temperature variability, urban materials and spaces, linking the 3D state to the 2D remote sensing view
13:30 to 14:30: Keynote presentations
Keynote 2a - "Linking the 3D state to the 2D remote sensing view" - James Voogt, University of Western Ontario
Keynote 2b - "Radiative transfer over urban surfaces" - Jean-Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry, CESBIO
14:30 to 15:00: Plenary discussion on session 2
15:00 to 15:30 Coffee
15:30 – 16:30: Collaboration incubator I
16:30 to 19:00: Poster session and welcome reception
All participants are asked to bring 1 poster. We will split everyone into 3 and spend 30 minutes on each group of posters.
20:00 onwards: Informal gathering for dinner (sign up during the day)
Wednesday 10th June 2015
09:00 - 10:00: Session 3: Urbanisation and the climate record - using SAT / LST links be used to understand/address this topic
09:00 to 09:30 – Keynote presentation
Keynote 3 - "LST and land use change" - Christopher Small, Columbia University
09:30 to 10:00: Plenary discussion on session 3
10:00 – 10:30: Coffee
10:30 - 11:30: Session 4: Application needs for urban temperatures - reconciling ideal requirements and available measurement systems
10:30 to 11:00 – Keynote presentation
Keynote 4 - "Urban heatwaves" - Bénédicte Dousset, University of Hawai'i
11:00 to 11:30: Plenary discussion on session 4
11:30 – 13:00: Breakout groups 1: Addressing key questions from plenary sessions
13:00 – 14:00: Lunch
14:00 to 15:00 Collaboration incubator I
15:00 – 15:30: Breakout groups 2: Synthesis of findings – writing of community paper(s)
15:30 to 16:00 Coffee
16:00 – 16:30: Breakout groups 2: Synthesis of findings – writing of community paper(s) - continued
16:30 to 17:00: Wrap-up
17:00: End of EarthTemp IV
