Urban Signatures: Temperature (WMS)

  • Released Friday, May 27, 2005
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Big cities influence the environment around them. For example, urban areas are typically warmer than their surroundings. Cities are strikingly visible in computer models that simulate the Earth's land surface. This visualization shows average surface temperature predicted by the Land Information System (LIS) for a day in June 2001. Only part of the global computation is shown, focusing on the highly urbanized northeast corridor in the United States, including the cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington.

This image shows average surface temperatures predicted by LIS for 2001/06/11. Temperatures range from 9 C to 35 C (48F to 95F), with the hottest areas being red and dark red. Temperatures are generally cooler farther north and at higher elevations. The urban areas stand out very distinctly against their surroundings.This product is available through our Web Map Service.

This image shows average surface temperatures
predicted by LIS for 2001/06/11. Temperatures range from 9 C to
35 C (48F to 95F), with the hottest areas being red and dark
red. Temperatures are generally cooler farther north and at
higher elevations. The urban areas stand out very distinctly
against their surroundings.

This product is available through our Web Map Service.

Temperature color bar ranging from 10 C (50 F) to 35 C (95 F).

Temperature color bar ranging from 10 C (50 F) to 35 C (95 F).

Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio, NASA GSFC Land Information System
(http://lis.gsfc.nasa.gov/)

This page was originally published on Friday, May 27, 2005.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.

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