It’s been a hot summer, and we at UNC’s Data-Driven EnviroLab (DDL) are trying to better understand how people are experiencing the Urban Heat Island effect in cities. We are partnering with the NC Museum of Life and Science to launch a citizen science campaign to collect high resolution data on urban heat and thermal comfort utilizing hand-held sensors and a smartphone app.
To beat the heat, we need to measure it, so we’re recruiting volunteer citizen scientists to join our urban heat mapping campaign in Chapel Hill the last week of August. This is a great opportunity to contribute to science, meet new friends, and have fun while doing it! If this sounds like you, please fill in this google form or contact xuewei.wang@unc.edu with any questions. Each mapping session should take about 1 hour to finish the designated route by walking or cycling during the day. Cool treats and good feelings of doing your part in the climate change fight will be provided!
Interested in learning more about the App we are going to use on the campaign? You can read more about the DDL-Cozie app – an iOS application to gauge human thermal comfort using smartwatches and smartphones- by watching a tutorial or reading more about the app.
Research Assistants Ian French and Joyce Mei test out the PocketLab sensors in Chapel Hill (right). One of the routes volunteers will map in Chapel Hill (left).
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