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HKU GEOGRAPHY: Monthly Research Talks
Environmental Monitoring: Low-cost Sensors for Urban Heat Island Studies
Date: 15 MAR 2024 (Friday)
Time: 15:00-15:15 (HKT)
(No registration required)
Abstract:
From mesoscale to microscale meteorological observation, the low-cost environmental sensors and the Internet of Things (IoT) have fostered urban big-data collection, advancing research in urban microclimatology and extreme heat resilience-related studies at a rapid pace. In this presentation, our recent works on the development of a school-based low-cost weather station through STEM initiatives will be showcased, where students integrate the data collected from our DIY low-cost weather instruments with GIS techniques in performing city analytics. The setting of low-cost sensors on the school campus, fieldwork experiment and metadata configurations serve as a testing ground to understand the spatial-temporal variation of heat heterogeneity at their schools and neighbourhoods.
Associate Professor, Department of Geography, HKU
