In Sacramento and Baton Rouge, city planners and tree planting organizations are using the study to focus their tree-planting programs. Results applied from Urban Heat Island Pilot Project. Nov. 20, 1998. Salt Lake City shows hot and cold spots. July 21, 1998.
Baton Rouge shines with urban heat.
May 19, 1998. Sacramento glows with urban heat. July 1, 1998. Current climate model results are regarded with skepticism due to deficiencies in simulating the surface energy budget, the mass of the sea ice, and the formation, maintenance, and dissipation of Arctic clouds. FIRE-ACE is focusing on improving current climate model simulations of the Arctic climate, especially with respect to clouds and their effects on the surface energy budget.