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The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council has awarded NOAA’s Urban Heat Island of Washington DC Virtual Reality (VR) Experience an Innovation Champion Award. IMSG’s Environmental Visualization Laboratory (VizLab) has been instrumental in leading a highly collaborative venture between the National Integrated Heat...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is working with cities to use visualizations to make urban heat island data more accessible. For Washington, D.C., this work led to a virtual reality experience. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is offering a new perspective on urban...

A 3-D map of Washington, D.C., overlaid with temperature data illustrates urban heat islands and shows neighborhoods that are most at risk. GORODENKOFF/GETTY IMAGES In a bid to help local leaders and city planners better understand where heat islands exist, a federal agency has developed a virtual...