EPA: Heat Island Site - Explains how heat islands are measured, and how they can affect your health.
Heat Island Group - Livermore National Labs research group site. Contains information from a Heat Island informational pamphlet. The group studies the extent of the heat island phenomena and the effectiveness of different ways of combatting it.
How Shiny Is L.A.? - Reports of surface albedo (reflectivity) of Los Angeles and California's South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB).
Matthew Blackett - Description of the climatology research into the urban surface energy balance land surface scheme comparison at King's College, London.
Project ATLANTA - Urban Heat Island Study - NASA's High Spatial Resolution Airborne Multispectral Thermal Infrared Data to Support Analysis and Modeling Tasks in EOS IDS Project ATLANTA.
Sacramento urban heat island - California's capital glows - and has cool spots, too - in an aerial image from a study of how urban forests can help keep cities from overheating.
Scientists Watch Cities Make Their Own Weather - New York Times feature story about the urban heat island effect, focusing on Project ATLANTA. [Registration required -- free] (August 15, 2000)