GLOBE completed another great month of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) Intensive Observation Period (IOP) in March 2022. 107 schools participated and took a total of 1699 observations throughout the month. It is great to see more and more schools becoming active in this very important project. UHI is becoming more and more important around the world. Saudia Arabia, Croatia, Greece and Taiwan had many schools take observations during March. I am so grateful for the participation of all of the students and teachers and the great work they have done. I would really like to encourage all of the teachers to have their students take surface temperature observations of more than one cover type. Have the students compare the surface temperature and air temperature above a grassy or vegetated surface as well as a built surface like asphalt or cement. The students will see how different materials have different temperatur
As you can see in the map below of the schools that took surface temperature observations during March, there is quite a wide spread of observations across the world.
The hottest temperature recorded by students during the March IOP was 67.6 degrees C on a dry/paved surface at Yubli School of the Negev in Israel. They joined GLOBE in 2019. The coolest temperature of -12.7 degree C was recorded by a school in Greece but one that falls under the virtual school designation.
You can see in this map of Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East below how the temperature varies across the region on March 2, 2022. The GLOBE observations are overlaid onto land surface temperature from the MODIS satellite sensor. You can do this with the GLOBE Visualization page. On the GLOBE webpage (http://globe.gov), go under GLOBE Data and Visualize Data. Then, click on the blue bar that says Enter the Visualization System.
Surface temperatures in the Saudi Arabia are the hottest and can be explained by the fact that much of Saudi Arabia is a desert. The observations in Croatia and Greece are further north and fall into the temperate climate zoon and are cooler.
Here is some great data from Greece showing the observations from 5 schools.
Schools that participated in the UHI IOP and the number of observations they took.
Brazil GLOBE v-School
100
Amal kfar yona
92
The 20th Secondary Girls School at Al-Madinah Al-Monawarah
64
Xrobb l-Ghagin
63
Iksal 'c' Primary School
47
Ivano-Frankivsk City Environmental Station
45
Greece GLOBE v-School
44
The 24th Seconadry Girls School at Makkah Al-Mukarramah
40
Yubli School of the Negev
37
The 1st Secondary Girls School at Al-Gonfutha
36
The first Arqah Secondary school Al-riyadh
34
Medicinska škola Ante Kuzmanića
Al-Habeel Secondary School For Girls At Al-gunfodah
32
Sankalp Senior Secondary Day Boarding High School
The 199th Intermediate Girls School at Riyadh
31
Al-Ofous Secondary School at Al-Bahah
King Khalid Secondary School at Al-Hofuf
Kaohsiung Municipal Cianjin Junior High School
2 Intermediate School Abu Arish At Jazan
The 97th Secondary Girls School at Jeddah
OOU Goce Delcev
SOU Josif Josifovski
Nawan Secondary Girls School at Al-Makhwah
Elementary B
30
IES Eusebio Barreto
Abu baker alsedik basic school
OS Banija
29
SOU Bogdanci
28
The 1st Secondary Girls School at Dhahran
27
Hafsah bint sirin basic school
National Lo-Tung Senior High School
26
OS Valentin Klarin
25
Osnovna Å¡kola Rugvica
22
Taipei Municipal Wan Fang Senior High School(GLID3I86)
OS Dubovac
21
Horfish Elementary B School
19
St.Michael School
Freeport High School
Rowland Hall
17
The 1st Secondary Girls School at Sabya
Suankularb Wittayalai Nonthaburi school
OS Hugo Badalic
Yahalom
15
OS Sime Budinica
OS Josip Pupacic
14
L2R
13
Community Roots Academy
The Affiliated Senior High school of NCU
National Kinmen Senior High School
12
OU “Dimitar Miladinovâ€
10
Elementary C Der Hana
9
Gozo College Xewkija Primary School
St. Monica School
8
University Of Toledo
OS Eugena Kumicica
St. Francis Primary School
7
St Thomas More College - Zejtun Primary B
The School of Nature, Environment
6
Srednja škola Braća Radić
Colegio de la Mesopotamia
5
Gozo College, Rabat Primary School
Gozo College, Middle School
Skola Za Medicinske Sestre Vrapce
Keelung Municipal Anle Senior High School
Sir Michelangelo Refalo Sixth Form
Moharimet School
4
Mingdao High School
Brener, Kfar Saba, elementary school
Sawda Um AlMumineen School (5-12)
Ben Gurion primary school
III. osnovna skola Varazdin
The 45th Secondary Girls School at Makkah Al-Mukarramah
3
Hsin Tien Senior High School
Shree Swaminnarayan Academy
Maison Bint Ahmed
Bennington Grade School
2
OS Antuna Mihanovica (HRHRBBIT)
UCAR Center for Science Education GLOBE v-School
St. Francis Primary School (GLIDMGF2)
EAN NAKOBA EAN RAFA
Istituto Comprensivo Perugia 3
Northfield School
1
West Carteret High School (GLID6IBL)
Gozo College Secondary School
Medicinska Skola Varazdin
SOU "Naum Naumovski-Borche"
Teba Secondary School at Al-Madinah Al-Monawarah
Perkins Local Schools
test_mobile school 1
OS Mahicno
test_school1
Peru GLOBE v-School
Thamare Primary School
The 9 th Secondary School at Madinah -
Santa Fe High School
Northwestern High School (USPARAVU)
The 1st Al-Mthulif Secondary Girls School at Al-Gonfutha
Kalispell Middle School
EBENEZER AFRICAN CHURCH PRIMARY SCHOOL 1
United States of America GLOBE v-School
Srinakarinwirot University Demonstration School
Welty Environmental Center
Asma bint aomis basic school
Amit, Reut
Jungil High School
IES Gredos
Neve Midbar-Abu Kweider
Altraif basic school
