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  • Environmental Science
  • Urban Climatology
  • Geospatial Analysis

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  • The majority of the US population lives in urban areas, experiencing the urban heat island (UHI) effect.
  • Existing gridded temperature products lack the resolution to capture intra-urban variability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a method for estimating hourly air temperatures at a 0.01 ° × 0.01 ° resolution.
  • To improve exposure assessment for the US population regarding temperature extremes.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized an extensive network of personal weather stations for intra-urban variability.
  • Employed a spatiotemporal Bayesian model with Integrated Nested Laplace Approximation-Stochastic Partial Differential Equation.

Main Results:

  • Achieved an overall root mean square error of 1.06 ° C across diverse US case studies.
  • Identified previously undetected temperature hotspots with high granularity.
  • Demonstrated model applicability across different climatic zones and urban landscapes.

Conclusions:

  • The developed model offers high-resolution temperature estimates, enhancing exposure assessment for UHI effects.
  • High population-density neighborhoods are more susceptible to elevated temperatures and prolonged hot nights.
  • The model is suitable for epidemiological studies on heat and cold stress impacts on human health.