Emerging Extreme Heat in Rapidly Growing Indian Cities

This research, funded by NASA Land-Cover and Land-Use Change (LCLUC) Program, seeks to respond to problems with global estimates of heat exposures which underestimate the risk to urban residents due to high thermal variability within cities. Therefore, there is an urgent need of characterizing where urban growth and extreme heat emergence intersects at scales of 50m.

By better understanding the total urban warming trajectories we can help cities identify regions where locally tailored adaptation measures are most needed to mitigate heat risk.