Dr. Karimi and Dr. Khanbilvardi coauthored a paper entitled Predicting surface temperature variation in urban settings using real-time weather forecasts in Urban Climate.  Highlight include: •Three months of field campaign data were collected to understand the inverse effect of UHI in Manhattan •Measuring spatial and temporal temperature variation within urban setting of Manhattan •Predicting temperature variability from weather forecast •The lapse rates being the common dependent for both spatial and temporal variations Within Manhattan Abstract: Densely populated cities experience adverse effects of Urban Heat Island (UHI) including higher numbers of emergency hospital admissions and heat related illnesses. Studying UHI effects and temperature …