E2.04 - Heat Island Mapping

Heat Island Mapping

This device is a handheld data logger that will collect temperature and GPS data. This data will be transformed into a Heat Map, which can be used to identify Urban Heat Islands. Urban Heat Islands are urban areas with high temperatures due to poorly planned city infrastructure. City Planners can use heat maps to locate possible heat islands, and take steps to change their infrastructure to lower these temperatures. Heat island warming is responsible for 50% of the global warming seen by climate change.