CHARLOTTE, N.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS ) — UNC Charlotte will be taking part in a study finding the hottest spots in Charlotte during the Summer, the first formal effort of its kind for the city.
The group will essentially be creating a “heat map” of Charlotte.
“Cities around the country and a few cities around the world have been doing this mapping campaign, and now Charlotte gets to join the group,” said Dr. Katherine Idziorek with UNC Charlotte, who is helping lead the local effort.
The plan for the study calls for an all-day look on one day in July, where temperature readings will be taken across various spots in Charlotte.
The city is one of 14 taking part in similar studies, with a focus on how much development, concrete and pavement have had an effect on temperature.
The results are likely to show that those areas in development or in highly paved, urban areas, are warmer than those neighborhoods that have a good deal of natural tree cover and vegetation. The study is set to quantify those findings.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , which is over the entire project, noted that variations in some cities have been as much as 20 degrees between the cooler and hotter areas.
Joe Wiswell, a UNC Charlotte graduate student on the project, said the data will allow cities like Charlotte to plan for instances where the weather gets extremely hot, or to give more context to any city’s environmental or greenspace plans.
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The group over the study is looking for volunteers to take part. Training will be provided. On the day of the study, volunteers and participants will work in shifts that should last around an hour.
Anyone interested in participating can click here.
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