2023 SW-IFL Annual Report

SOUTHWEST INTEGRATED FIELD LABORATORY (SW-IFL)

2023

Annual Report

ADDRESSING EXTREME HEAT AND ASSOCIATED ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIETAL STRESSORS THROUGH RESILIENT SOLUTIONS & NEXT-GENERATION PREDICTIVE TOOLS

CONTENTS

Table of Contents

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SW-IFL Introduction

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SW-IFL Project Accomplishments

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SW-IFL Professional Training & Development

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SW-IFL Project Outreach

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SW-IFL 2023 Project Challenges

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SW-IFL 2023 Project Impact

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SW-IFL 2024 Planned Activities

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CONTENTS

Table of Contents

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SW-IFL Journal Publications

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SW-IFL Advisory Board

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SW-IFL Collaborating Partners & Organizations

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SW-IFL Media Interviews

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SW-IFL Presentations

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SW-IFL Project Rosters

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Acknowledgements

SW-IFL INTRODUCTION Arizona contains one of the fastest growing urban corridors in the US, including major cities of Tucson, Phoenix, and Flagstaff. With many of the region’s urban areas routinely experiencing 30+ days of temperatures above 110 °F (43 °C) each summer, the population is stressed by the complex interactions of extreme heat, atmospheric pollutants, and limited water.

The Southwest Urban Corridor Integrated Field Laboratory (SW-IFL) will engage stakeholders and provide scientists and decision makers with high-quality, relevant knowledge capable of spurring and guiding responses to environmental concerns. The SW-IFL is a partnership involving the three public universities in Arizona, two national laboratories, and industry. Our stakeholder network includes city governments, county-level agencies, community groups, and local non-profits throughout the region.

The Southwest Urban Corridor Integrated Field Laboratory is composed of an interdisciplinary team that will: Improve understanding of how the built environment affects local to regional climates, emissions, and air chemistry.

Establish empirically-grounded theory of how governance, actors, plans, and policies across scales shape resilience to heat.

Build a framework and simulation capability to facilitate equitable mitigation of extreme heat and its societal impacts via analysis of co-benefits and tradeoffs of sustainability outcomes.

Engage stakeholders who represent many scales of government and the community in an advising and co-discovery role to drive the research process toward decision-relevant knowledge.

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This interdisciplinary team is comprised of three thematic groups: Observations, Modeling, and Resilient Solutions that engage in activities that include data collection on land-atmosphere exchange processes, atmospheric composition, and emissions while leveraging existing networks that collect weather, air quality, and hydrological data in order to address extreme heat and its associated environmental and societal stressors.

Intensive observational periods (IOPs) will occur throughout the summer months when temperatures are at their highest and will utilize fixed assets and mobile observatories. The mobile observatories will measure boundary-layer processes. Focused neighborhood-scale heavily-instrumented testbed experiments will elucidate drivers of microclimate variations and evaluate the efficacy of proposed solutions.

Testbed experiments will leverage data from the IOPs and include additional short- and longterm measurements that will engage researchers from across our university network and citizen scientists from our stakeholder organizations and communities. These testbeds will include a combination of natural or planned experiments that isolate and evaluate specific strategies and technologies. Additionally, community testbeds will use a collaborative co-design approach to develop, deploy, and evaluate solutions for communities.

Additional activities such as heat planning and governance, residential thermal comfort, transportation surveys, and K-12 activities are also currently underway.

Next generation predictive modeling capabilities for urban regions will be developed by improving representations of fine-scale physical processes, while coupling existing state-of-theart models that integrate human behavior and atmospheric phenomena ranging from neighborhood to regional and global scales.

Model of Models (MoM) Diagram

This annual report encompasses year 1 (2023) of the SW-IFL project, its activities, findings, and research. A full list of the project participants can be found in the SW-IFL Project Rosters section of this report.

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SW-IF PLANNED ACTIVITIES During the first year of the SW-IFL, the year one planned activity list included the major milestones and activities described in the table below. In the following sections, we provide information on completed activities, major findings, and conclusions from year 1.

SW-IFL Activities and Deliverables for Year 1 Project Management Establish Advisory Board Establish website and data repository Training workshops Annual project All Hands Meeting Leadership Team meetings Observations Build regional-scale dataset clearinghouse with IOP data IOP (Intense Observational Periods) Planning process and design Conduct IOPs Establish fixed eddy flux towers Develop/deploy composition measurements w/BNL platform Park measurement campaigns to explore water conservation strategies Radiocarbon plant sampling for assessing fossil fuel emissions Modeling Develop MoM (Model of Models) framework Adapt AutoBEM, MBEM, and HESTIA for HUMIN-SUM model Couple and evaluate HUMIN-SUM model Atmospheric meteorological prediction and composition modeling across scales Assess current heat and air quality exposure inequities Practitioner- and public-oriented web-based simplified tool Resilient Solutions Advisory Board Knowledge Exchange Convenings Testbed site selection and discovery activities Development of Resilient Solutions Decision Support Toolkits Urban Residential Discovery component Mobility Discovery component Planning Discovery component Discovery Fellow cohorts HeatMappers K-12 Engagement Evaluation Documentation of activities Recruitment/retentions: Discovery Fellows, HeatMappers, K-12 Pre and post data collection Collaboration surveys (PIs) Workshop/convening surveys Document dissemination Annual Report Conference presentations *Excerpt of table from pages 35-36 of SW-IFL proposal

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

SW-IFL All-Hands Meetings attendees from various public agencies and corporate partners met with researchers to provide input/guidance on IFL project and activities

Feb. 22, 2023 Kick-off Meeting – 40 attendees Hosted by ASU (Left)

Sept. 11-12, 2023 SW-IFL All Hands Meeting 67 attendees Hosted by NAU (Right)

Creation of SW-IFL Advisory Board, composed of Stakeholder Advisory Group (SAG) and Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Expand awareness of, and trust in, the research program among a broad community of stakeholders Build consensus around how to responsibly navigate the development and deployment of the models, measurements, and technologies in testbeds Serve as a valuable two-way learning resource between research team and decisionmakers A full list of Advisory Board members can be found in SW-IFL Collaborating Partners and Organizations.

Created and launched the following to share project’s key activities, research, and resources: SW-IFL Website: https://sw-ifl.asu.edu SW-IFL X (formerly known as Twitter): @SW_IFL SW-IFL Project Slack Channel: sw-ifl.slack.com Internal SW-IFL Monthly Update Newsletter SW-IFL Project Master to capture all activities, resources, and events associated with project Beta version of SW-IFL Dashboard created by ASU’s GIS team to share resources and information with stakeholders and community at large.

Hired diverse staff, postdoctoral research associates, graduate, and undergraduate students across all partner institutions Monthly team and leadership meetings to integrate current and planned projects into overall goals/outputs, allows for project coordination and cross-team collaboration opportunities.

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OBSERVATIONS TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS Established observations team subgroups and held regular (virtual) meetings with a focus on new installations, persistent networks, IOPs (Intensive Observation Periods), and resilient solutions.

Nurtured collaborative partners through outreach (meetings, site visits, email) at state, county and city agency levels for installation sites, sampling, data products, and exchanges.

Established agreement with the CAP-LTER project to share data and site instrumentation at two existing tower sites (Maryvale in west Phoenix and Desert Botanical Gardens).

Obtained long-term data records for Maryvale and Desert Botanical Gardens sites and commenced data quality control and analysis of meteorological data and flux estimates.

Developed a plan for refurbishing sensors at the Maryvale and Desert Botanical Gardens sites. Obtained quotes and procured an initial set of eddy covariance instrumentation.

Established an initial network of 5 web-connected weather stations in the Phoenix metro area for use in providing local data for field campaigns and testbed analyses.

Established initial Google mapping activity to identify potential sampling locations for intensive observation periods.

CAP-LTER & Desert Botanical Garden Flux Tower in Phoenix, Arizona

Google Mapping of potential sample locations for IOPs

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CMAS Mobile Observatory

Procured a field vehicle and finalized the design of the second mobile observatory to be built

by ProSensing and made available to the project during intensive observation periods.

Annual plant collection conducted across a spatial array of sampling sites and analyzed for radiocarbon content at the Arizona Climate and Ecosystems (ACE) isotope laboratory.

Discussions for community involvement in annual plant sampling initiated with several partner organizations, including preparation of training materials for community sampling.

Based on indoor air composition sampling, identified areas where additional outdoor observations might be needed.

Conducted observations based and measurement based studies investigating the cooling potential of innovative technologies ranging from cool paving to passive radiative cooling films applied to artificial shade structures.

RJ Dog Park in Phoenix, Arizona - site of technology exploration testbed focused on passive radiative cooling films.

Photo Credit: Vestar, 2023

Desert Ridge Marketplace in Phoenix, Arizona site of technology testbed focused on cool paving.

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MODELING TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS MPAS: Developed modeling framework based on Model of Prediction Across Scales (MPAS) and the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) models (MPAS-WRF).

Created procedure to extract, process, and interpolate MPAS output and archive the fields on a regional grid defined as the smallest MPAS region that encloses the entire parent WRF domain.

Configured the MPAS grid using a rotated variable resolution mesh centered on Phoenix so that the maximum resolution is achieved in the southwestern US.

Successfully compiled and executed MPAS for a 48-hour simulation on the new, SOL supercomputer at Arizona State University.

Developed extraction code that reduces, by a factor of 177, the file size requirements. associated with incorporation of reanalysis data extraction to be used to initialize/execute MPAS. Conducted short term MPAS simulations for multiple extreme events using uniform mesh at 48 km and initiating assessment of JEDI (MPAS-Data Assimilation) on predictability and skill of these simulated events.

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HESTIA: HESTIA is an innovative greenhouse gas detection software that quantifies carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in fine detail as part of a broader effort to standardize emissions accounting in cities.

Completed Arizona extraction of Vulcan 4 fossil fuel CO2 (FFCO2) emissions map for all urban areas, all sectors, years 2010-2021, 2022 in progress.

Arizona urban areas emissions map

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HESTIA continued:

Completed road basemap construction and fully populated Annual Average Daily Traffic data for spatial distribution of complete MOVES onroad FFCO2 run.

Setup Hysplit for forward runs of Vulcan FFCO2 emissions in support of citizen science network sampling design.

City of Flagstaff, Arizona

These images reflect a relative concentration of CO2 (normalized g/m3) at the surface (0-100m layer)

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HESTIA continued:.

City of Tucson, Arizona

These images reflect a relative concentration of CO2 (normalized g/m3) at the surface (0-100m layer)

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HESTIA continued:.

City of Phoenix, Arizona

These images reflect a relative concentration of CO2 (normalized g/m3) at the surface (0-100m layer)

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HESTIA continued:

Coordinated plant 14C (Carbon Isotope) sampling and observations with SW-IFL Observations team based on Vulcan emissions model output.

Began incorporation of local air pollution into the Hestia emissions system.

PHOENIX

Plant sample radiocarbon in urban areas provide spatial maps of fossil fuel use

FLAGSTAFF

Radiocarbon values are normalized to the background atmosphere = 0 permil

TUCSON

More negative plant radiocarbon values illustrate increasing amounts of fossil fuel CO2 pollution

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AutoBEM: Automatic Building Energy Modeling (AutoBEM) is a software suite developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to process multiple types of data, extract building-specific descriptors, generate building energy models, and simulate them on High Performance Computing (HPC) resources.

Missing buildings information in domain - identified missing buildings in ORNL’s Model America version 1 (MAv1) data of 125.7 million U.S. buildings, especially for western Arizona counties (files available upon request).

Data quality for improvement - MAv1 is compared, mapped, and analyzed to tax assessor data from Pima County, prior to scaling to other counties in Arizona, in partnership with Northern Arizona University (files available upon request). MAv1 data quality issues identified for local data updates (due 10/24) include: Over-classification of residential (IECC) building type Need for better mapping of tax assessor building types to DOE prototypes (plan AIfacilitated mapping) Occupancy of multi-family and apartment buildings Lack of representation for manufactured housing/mobile homes New, Joshua R., Bass, Brett, Adams, Mark, Berres, Andy, and Li, Fengqi (2023). "Model America - Arizona extract from ORNL's AutoBEM (v1.0) [Data set]" Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7644412, Feb. 2023. [Data] Data, code, and notes for two-way coupling of WRF-based models with AutoBEM provided, in partnership and to facilitate data hosting by Arizona State University (files available upon request).

Building-specific outputs planned, in partnership with the broader Modeling team include: Electricity_Facility[kBTU] NaturalGas_Facility[kBTU] Heating_Electricity[kBTU] Cooling_Electricity[kBTU] Heating_NaturalGas[kBTU] Heating_Total[kBTU] WaterSystems_Electricity[kBTU] Lighting_Electricity[kBTU] Equipment_Electricity[kBTU] Fans_Electricity[kBTU] Pumps_Electricity[kBTU] HeatRejection_Electricity[kBTU] HeatRecovery_Electricity[kBTU]

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Coupling Activities: Initiated development of an information passing protocol (i.e., what are inputs and outputs for each sub-model of Model of Models), as a necessary first step toward development of a data sharing protocol. This required input and participation from all Modeling Team members.

Arizona Road Basemap: Completed construction of road basemap for entire state of Arizona with unprecedented amount of completeness, functional detail, and accuracy. This will be a core element to the onroad model work (heat/air quality/greenhouse gases) and of broad use as a public facing asset.

Non-local road (~0.39 millions of segments)

Local road map (~0.62 millions of segments)

Synergistic Engagement with Observations and Resilient Solutions Teams: Established Modeling team and subgroups to meet (virtually) monthly to discuss synergy between project’s thematic teams and to coordinate modeling team efforts.

Observations Team – In order to identify optimal sites to deploy instrumentation using real WRF simulation output from the modeling team, colleagues are running experimental designs tests to inform extent and number of observational sites required.

Resilient Solutions Team – progressed on developing framework for Testbed identification Resilient Solutions Team – initiated development of a proposal/letter of intent (due Oct. 31st, 2023) to be submitted to Burroughs Wellcome Fund with Aaron Flores (ASU) designated as PI, focused on Testbed related activities that leverage SW-IFL efforts.

Teacher workshop with presentation and sample projects to develop low-cost maps, sensors, and supporting tools for community engagement with modeling efforts.

Resilient Solutions Team - Finished Queue-based Temperature Model (QTM) as initial steps toward a reduced order version of MoM (Model of Models).

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RESILIENT SOLUTIONS TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Team Accomplishments: Monthly all-team meeting (additional attendees from Modeling and Observations), student researchers are encouraged to participate as well.

Quarterly one-on-one meetings with all investigators.

Additional sub-project meetings occurring as needed, focused on developing synergies between sub-projects.

Stakeholder Advisory Board established (June 2023) – Advisory Board member recommendations solicited across all SW-IFL teams and from the initial SW-IFL kick-off meeting with stakeholders.

Stakeholder Advisory Board Kick-off Meeting (July 11, 2023) – Kick-off meeting with Stakeholder Advisory Board members to provide project orientation and solicit feedback on key SW-IFL activities Testbed Task Force (May-June 2023). A cross-team Testbed Task Force was formed to help articulate testbed selection criteria with the goals of ensuring stakeholders are represented and engaged in the process, testbed sites focus on equitable solutions, and data collection needs of the three research teams are considered.

Initial Testbed Selection (July 2023) – Two initial testbeds were selected, one in Phoenix and one in Tucson, using the criteria established by the Testbed Task Force. The Testbeds will serve as a physical location to focus many of the complementary SW-IFL research and engagement activities.

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Phoenix Testbed: Jackson Street Phoenix Testbed: centered on Jackson Street in Phoenix where people experiencing homelessness set up shelter near services provision sites; and the surrounding neighborhoods, where residential housing is mixed with economic precarity, featuring affordable rentals, mobile and manufactured home parks, single family homes, and vacant lots This study will be conducted through a twopart testbed approach, focusing on the central Phoenix Jackson Street location and surrounding neighborhoods.

Research question: What would be the effects on the shelter site given green infrastructure, construction of affordable "heat ready" homes, micro-weatherization and cooling systems or shade, and utilization of vacant lots within the site that permit such construction?

Specifically, we seek to investigate the potential impacts on the wellbeing of residents, on the water, energy, air quality, and heat budget, as well as the extent to which the current housing deficit within the region could be addressed.

Phoenix Testbed - Jackson St. Site

First, a small-scale analysis centered on specific locales within the areas along Jackson Street itself will be undertaken with a primary objective of identifying one or more biophysically-oriented solutions that can be observed by the designated observing team, to subsequently be scaled up and modeled by the dedicated modeling team.

The solutions and testbed results will be provided to the City of Phoenix team developing a $7M solution addressing people experiencing homelessness.

Secondly, looking at the "bigger picture," both in terms of spatial scaling up to the neighborhoods nearby, and in terms of the broader understanding of a continuum of housing that is affordable and livable. This component will involve creating virtual models to assess the potential effects of micro-weatherization plus constructing heatready homes on a larger scale, leveraging the patchwork of vacant lots for new homes.

This research has the potential to benefit the local testbed residents by informing existing solutions on addressing shelter insecurity and housing precarity, thereby generating a body of knowledge for mitigating the adverse effects of extreme heat, poor air quality, and drought pressures on the urban vulnerable population in the southwest. Ultimately, our findings could contribute to the development of sustainable and resilient housing strategies that enhance the well-being and quality of life for individuals residing in the rest of Arizona, and the Southwest.

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Research question: Following an extended period of disinvestment, the Oracle Road corridor has recently experienced a surge in investment and planning attention.

Ongoing projects include: the Norte Sur Plan (in progress), Thrive in the 05 Plan (2022), SR 77 Project (2021-2023), and other neighborhood plans and reports.

Given their focus on growth and economic development, we seek to ask: what are the opportunities to equitably integrate heat resilience strategies across the different types and scale of planning efforts in Oracle Corridor?

Tucson Testbed: Oracle Road Corridor Tucson Testbed: The Oracle Road corridor is a major north-south corridor in the north of City of Tucson. Running from Downtown Tucson to the Rillito River in the north, it historically served as a major automobile gateway into the city. The construction of affordable housing and non-deed restricted developments drew low-income minority families to the area between 1920-1950s.

The corridor continues to house a large Hispanic population (approximately 58%: Thrive in the 05, 2022, p. 22), and a growing elderly population (an increase in 65+ population by approximately 43.6% between 2010 and 2020). Moreover, the median income among households is almost half of that in City of Tucson (Thrive in the 05, 2022, p. 22). These socio-economic attributes render households living in the corridor highly vulnerable to heat related impacts.

Images of Oracle Road Corridor

The Oracle Road corridor consists of a variety of land use typologies. The southern section of the corridor, just north of Downtown is dense with mixed use development. Strip malls border the middle section of the corridor with a cross section of land uses further inside from the road- including single family (low-income and middle-income) housing, open spaces, schools, industries, and offices. This middle section is also home to the Old Pascua Community Land- a 30-acre land that was incorporated into the Pascua Yaqui Tribe’s reservation boundaries in December 2022. The northern most section of the corridor has a large mall (Tucson Mall) with large surface parking lots.

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Several sites along the Oracle Corridor offer opportunities to evaluate the impact of planned interventions on heat mitigation and management.

The role of new development on urban heat island in the neighborhood: Public input on Norte Sur proposes high-rise mixed-use development in the Tucson Mall region. The approval of 6+ story mixed use development in the corridor would offer opportunity to analyze how urban form can be modified to effectively reduce heat vulnerability for low-income minority former residents in the region while improving housing accessibility.

Changing heat resilience in vulnerable housing stock: The corridor includes several pockets of mobile home parks.

Preliminary review (visit, media reports) suggests that the parks vary in their degree of affluence. Conduct a difference in difference study between the various mobile home parks and changes seen in awareness and preparedness as the implementation of HUD and Norte Sur programs get underway. Whether these low-income housing stocks are prone to gentrification is also an avenue of research.

Tucson House (public housing) in Oracle Rd. Testbed Site, Tucson, Arizona

Micro changes in Heat Resilience: The Tucson House, a public housing on Oracle Road, has been selected for the Choice Neighborhood Program. There is an opportunity here to evaluate changes in public perception of heat risks, effectiveness of building and site upgrades on heat mitigation.

The role of green infrastructure improvement on Heat resilience: The Thrive plan proposes green infrastructure improvements to several parks along the corridor including Esquer Park and the Green District near Tucson House. Changes in heat stress can be measured through perception and observation as the projects are implemented.

Finally, industrial zones, although primarily ignored by both Norte Sur and Thrive in the 05 plans, can have important public health implications that are likely to be exacerbated when coupled with heat stress. Hence, there is an opportunity to observe occupational heat stress in these industrial areas along the Oracle Road.

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Development of Resilient Solutions Decision Support Toolkits The SW-IFL Resilient Solutions Team has met monthly through Year 1 and all projects are aimed at contributing to the development of the Decision Support Toolkits which will be hosted on the public facing SW-IFL website . An example of the mapping that is already available and will be compiled into a single map is the PIRS™ for Heat StoryMap of results available at tinyurl.com/pirshstorymap

PIRS™ for Heat StoryMap

Urban Residential Discovery Component Completed collaborative dialogues with home thermal security stakeholders in local government and non-profit sector (e.g., Pima County weatherization program, Community Home Repair Projects of Arizona, Habitat for Humanity Tucson).

Made progress on analyzing county parcel data across Sun Corridor to identify the location of manufactured homes, single-family homes, etc. Pima County and Maricopa County are complete, currently developing an approach to compare parcel data to other datasets (LST, vegetation cover, etc.).

Participated in Heat Resilience Readiness and Planning Workshop run by Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Presentation at the Arizona Housing Forum (Aug 25, 2023) Institutions involved include Arizona Housing Alliance, the Arizona Department of Housing, and Resident Owned Communities USA.

Maricopa County Sun Corridor parcel data: distribution of vegetation in acres per building

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Planning Discovery Component The Planning Discovery Component Sub-Team have been conducting the Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard™ (PIRS™ for Heat), plan quality evaluation, and plan cross-referencing to assess heat planning activities across the Sun Corridor.

Current status of coding and analysis includes: City of Tempe (4 plans): Plan quality evaluation and PIRS™ for Heat complete City of Phoenix (4 plans): Plan quality evaluation complete, PIRS™ for Heat - policy selection complete (scoring and mapping remaining) City of Tucson (3 plans): PIRS™ for Heat and plan quality evaluation data collection complete City of Flagstaff (3 plans): Plan quality evaluation complete, PIRS™ for Heat policy selection complete (scoring and mapping remaining), Cross-referencing complete City of Casa Grande (2 plans): Plan quality evaluation complete, PIRS™ for Heat policy selection in progress City of Nogales (2 plans): PIRS™ for Heat and plan quality evaluation data collection started

StoryMap created of PIRS™ for Heat results – this will be transitioned over to the publicfacing decision support tools website for Arizona urban corridor communities. tinyurl.com/pirshstorymap Body Heat Storage Mapping: Developed a BHS index for the Sun Corridor counties (Coconino, Maricopa, Pinal, Pima, and Santa Cruz). Compiled Arizona Department of Health Services’ heat-related illness stats and US Census social vulnerability metrics for ongoing statistical comparisons to the index for spatial heat-health data for use across the SW-IFL and inclusion in GIS dashboard.

Drs. Meerow and Keith present PIRS™ to City of Tempe, Arizona

Systematic literature review on multiple hazards and urban planning started with the help of a student. It synthesizes a theoretical foundation for future empirical research on planning for the compounding impacts of heat, drought, wildfire, flood on vulnerable populations in the Sun Corridor.

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Mobility Discovery Component Literature review on heat and walkability was completed and it provides context for the travel survey work which will be completed in fall 2023 and spring 2024.

Began analyzing the National Household Travel Survey, aiming to understand the regional time spent traveling by different transportation modes across different demographic and built environment contexts. The final product will be a peerreviewed paper, target submittal for publication in December 2023.

Engagement Component HeatMappers - Conducted a workshop on May 22, 2023 as part of Citizen Science Conference with interactive showcase for attendees on crowdsourcing data, open spatial data collection, heat effects and citizen participation.

Previous Heatmappers Arizona participants

K-12 Education – AZ Project Wet Pilot Teacher Training Workshop completed June 29-30, 2023, cohosted with Arizona Project WET. The pilot workshop presented the science behind extreme heat and related climate issues. Objectives included developing collaborative relationships with schools in Tucson, serving as a base for the development of future workshops in other Arizona cities, and incorporating climate change-related science into curricula. Teachers developed four curricula to be implemented in the 2023/2024 school year. Participants included 14 teachers and six SW-IFL researchers.

AZ Project Wet in Tucson, Arizona

Traverse measurements workshop for teachers held on August 12, 2023 at Arizona State University. Teachers learned how to conduct neighborhood-scale traverse measurements in support of our analysis of spatial variability of thermal environments. Each teacher conducts up to 4 traverses per weekend over a 6-week period in different parts of metro Phoenix. Participants include7 teachers and 3 SW-IFL researchers.

Air Quality Data Collection Schools: Purple Air Sensors have been purchased and for use in determining particulate matter levels near or at schools in the greater Tucson area. They are scheduled to be installed in five participating schools. The pilot activity will likely be scaled up to entire SW-IFL region in subsequent years.

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SW-IFL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT In the first year of the SW-IFL project, the integrated team participated in and/or delivered the following professional training and development opportunities to assist in increasing and sharpening applicable knowledge and skill sets in various areas of expertise.

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Student Researchers Across all partner organizations, 10 summer undergraduate and 31 graduate research students were hired and trained to participate in research. Training included weather station locations/installations, use of instruments such as spectrometers, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), portable reflectometers, vehicle-based traverse instruments, and various modeling methodologies.

Barrett Honors College Fellows Barrett Honors College Fellows, Michelle Dao (ASU) and Nicolas Garnand (ASU), undergraduate students, recruited to aid with the new installations and the analysis of the persistent networks.

Post-Doctoral Scholars Dr. Xiangmin Sun (ASU) trained on urban land-atmosphere interactions and the eddy covariance method through one-on-one mentoring. He served on the ASU Postdoctoral Council and participated in AmeriFlux and FluxNet conferences and virtual exchanges to engage with the broader community.

Dr. Edwin Davis (BNL) trained on Doppler LiDAR data analysis.

Dr. Malini Roy (UA) attended professional development for: Talking Science: Designing and Delivering Successful Oral Presentations National Institutes of Health (July 18, 2023), Becoming a Resilient Scientist Series: III. Self-Advocacy and AssertivenessNational Institutes of Health (July 20th, 2023), University of Arizona’s Writing Efficiency Sessions (every Tuesday & Thursday in summer 2023), Heat Resilience Readiness & Planning Workshop in Fresno/Central ValleyLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (July 27th, 2023)

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In the first year of the SW-IFL project, the integrated team held regular research team meetings, sub-ground meetings, and activities to foster team building.

Professional Development for Support Staff Ms. Kirsten Lake (UA) attended training in Trellis Constituent Relationship Management software to better provide community outreach and education opportunities.

University Course Engagement Undergraduate Landscape Architecture Course at UA (Fall 2023) - LAR 301 Design Studio III, 16 students. Students will work with schools in Nogales, Mexico to develop proposals for green infrastructure. Work supplements a project sponsored by the US Consulate in Nogales, which aims to mitigate cross-border impacts of flooding.

K-12 Teacher Training Workshops June 29-30, 2023 SW-IFL and Arizona Project WET cohosted a pilot workshop for teachers. SW-IFL researchers provided presentations that addressed the science behind extreme heat and related climate issues and provided teachers with an opportunity to develop curricula that address these issues.

AZ Project Wet & SW-IFL in Tucson, Arizona

Educator Traverse Training August - September 2023 SW-IFL traverse measurement campaigns.

Teachers learned how to conduct neighborhood-scale traverse measurements in support of our analysis of spatial variability of thermal environments.

Education Traverses in Phoenix, Arizona - Field Campaign

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SW-IFL PROJECT OUTREACH Community engagement is a key component of the SW-IFL project, and in an effort to enhance public understanding and increase interest in learning and careers in science, technology and the humanities, the team engaged in the following outreach projects during year one.

SW-IFL Dashboards – beta version, in development with ASU’s GIS team.

This will be a public facing, interactive dashboard/storyboard to share SW-IFL project data, research, and project activities with the community. It was showcased at the SW-IFL All Hands Meeting on Sept. 11-12, 2023 to facilitate stakeholder engagement around data and information needs for communities.

Beta version of SW-IFL Dashboard

Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard™ (PIRS™) for Heat StoryMap launched at tinyurl.com/pirshstorymap, this will be included in the Decision Support Toolkit being created.

PIRS™ for Heat results for the City of Tempe

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Outreach on persistent observation networks (ASU). Met with Maricopa County Flood Control District, Arizona Department of Water Resources, Arizona State Climatologist Office and JE Fuller on county rain gauge and weather station network.

Arizona Flood Warning System (AFWS)

Outreach on urban mobile observatory (BNL): Showcased at the BNL Earth Day Event (Upton, NY, 04/2023) Invited talk at DOE National Science Bowl (Washington DC, 04/2023) Social media presence (LinkedIn @katialamer, Instagram @CMAS_radarscience)

BNL Urban Mobile Observatory (image from prior field campaign in Houston, Texas

Outreach on annual plant sampling (NAU) Community partners meetings and co-preparation of training materials.

Plant Sampling locations in Flagstaff, Arizona

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NAU, UA, and ASU are Hispanic Serving Institutions and SW-IFL will focus outreach to Hispanic communities in Arizona

HeatMappers program emphasizes diversity and undergraduate participants, which come from 26 minority-serving institutions and tribal colleges within region, and will engage local youth and community members in citizen science

More details can be found in: SW-IFL Collaborating Partners & Organizations SW-IFL Presentations SW-IFL Media Interviews SW-IFL Journal Publications SW-IFL Advisory Board

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Social media presence SW-IFL Website at https://sw-ifl.asu.edu X (formerly Twitter) at @SW_IFL

Discovery Fellows program connect representatives from local organizations with academic partners

Community organization and local population engagement through a Stakeholders Advisory Group.

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SW-IFL 2023 PROJECT CHALLENGES In the initial year of the project, unforeseen challenges have emerged, presenting the SW-IFL team an opportunity to adjust processes and research approaches as needed. Below are some of the identified challenges encountered.

Recruitment Since the project began after the start of the academic year, graduate student recruitment was partially delayed to Summer or Fall 2023 across all institutions. To address this challenge, we recruited a number of current graduate and undergraduate students, and scaled back on our year one observations campaigns to focus on piloting measurement techniques and scouting sites.

Recruitment of postdoctoral scholars was also delayed as many top prospects received their doctoral degrees in May/June and could not start until early summer. In other cases, incoming postdocs were delayed due to issues in visa processing.

The delays in student and post doc support as noted above have shifted the timing of our salary expenses, resulting in a modest Year 1 carryover (~12%).

Testbeds We faced an unanticipated challenge in determining the criteria by which to select testbeds across diverse research activities at various geographic scales and units of analysis. We addressed this challenge by forming a Testbed Task Force with SW-IFL members representing all three teams, that drafted guiding principles for testbed selection for Stakeholder and Technical Advisory Groups to provide feedback on, and scheduling BNL mobile observatory deployments for Year 2.

Engagement Another challenge we faced was equitably engaging lower income and marginalized research participants and finding funding sources to remunerate them appropriately for their time and effort. We are in the process of exploring existing university resources, as well as foundation and non-profit resources to supplement our existing SW-IFL budget.

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SW-IFL 2023 PROJECT IMPACT On the development of the SW-IFL’s principle disciplines…

The principal disciplines involved in the SW-IFL project include urban planning, meteorology, atmospheric chemistry, hydrology, biogeochemistry, and material science. Over the project duration, we anticipate contributing significantly to the methodological development of each of these disciplines. In the early phases of the project, we have already started to have an impact in several key areas.

In the discipline of urban planning, we are developing innovative approaches for the integrating heat planning in the city and regional government plans. One innovative project, PIRS™ for Heat, is already impacting the practice of urban environmental planning, radically changing how six governments in the region account for and mitigate extreme heat in their planning processes. In the fields of meteorology and atmospheric chemistry, we are beginning to impact how researchers treat the complexities of modeling atmospheric phenomena across scales through dissemination of the MoM approach. Moreover, we anticipate developing a clearinghouse of standardized data that may be used for model evaluation and predictions.

On physical, institutional, and information resources that form infrastructure…

We have begun to establish a long-term web-based weather station network, as well as both mobile and stationary air quality sensing platforms that will provide data for researchers, K-12 students, teachers, and the general public. Additionally, we have incorporated cooling solutions on a large cooling ramada that is serving as a technology testbed while simultaneously benefiting neighborhood residents.

On society beyond science and technology…

In neighborhoods where we have collected data on innovative technologies, we have observed measurable surface and air temperature reductions.

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SW-IFL 2024 PLANNED ACTIVITIES As the SW-IFL project moves forward into its second year, the team has planned the following major project milestones and activities that align with our stated goals.

Integrate team collaborative efforts and project methods for pilot testing sites and data integration Continue measurements/data collection from various site locations.

Utilize ESS DIVE for data collection and collaboration.

Formalize outreach with state, county and city agencies, plus other collaborative partners in regard to on-going research activities.

Complete site mapping for observational activities, activity assets, and targets for future activities.

Supplement internal monthly team newsletter with an external-facing quarterly newsletter to include project news/activities/updates for stakeholders, public, and media.

Finalize creation of GIS Dashboard for project to share information and resources with stakeholders and community at large.

SW-IFL projects which involve graduate students and postdoctoral scholars will assist in development of individual project plans that support SW-IFL objectives and goals.

At the conclusion of our SW-IFL All Hands Meeting in September 2023 in Flagstaff, Arizona, our Advisory Board representatives worked with project team members to add the following to our second year goals with the understanding that some suggestions may take place beyond Year 2: Suggested Goals for Year 2: Create a simple story line of the SW-IFL project to convey to the community at large what the team is doing through use of story maps on activities/research; K-12 curriculum modules; internal- and external-facing newsletters; SW-IFL Dashboards; and webinars on project’s progress and/or activities.

Integrate more critical voices on the Advisory Board to include business leaders, economic planners, and community leaders.

Consider creating a simplified model for public dissemination, also known as a reduce order of models.

Add focused working groups within the project that cut across the thematic teams.

Suggested working groups included a K-12 focused activities, Site Coordination, and Decision Support Tool to help craft story maps/decision scenarios to target audiences.

Identify locations for Summer 2024 IOP (Intense Observational Periods) campaigns and classify testbeds based upon their research focus (IE: Measurement, Technology, Observation, Carbon Emissions, etc.)

Plan how best to utilize the undergrad and Discovery Fellows for 2024 summer activities.

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SW-IFL 2024 PLANNED ACTIVITIES Evaluations Team (CREST): ASU’s College Research and Evaluations Services Team (CREST) engage university researchers and the local community in the evaluation and research process. Data collected

by CREST during the SW-IFL project is presented at the monthly leadership team meetings to ensure that feedback loops are in place and modifications occur when needed. Data will continue to be collected into Year 2.

Trainee Questions Do trainees represent a diverse group?

Does knowledge, skills and interest in the field increase?

Do trainees gain awareness of successful dissemination opportunities, visualization, and presentation skills to diverse audiences?

What skills gained are applied to their research?

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Stakeholder Questions Does SW-IFL engage diverse community and government partners? Do they persist in their collaboration?

Are collaborators satisfied with their partnerships?

What work develops out of collaborative efforts?

Educational Outreach Questions Are workshops, trainings, fellowship program, and K-12 outreach developed and deployed?

What is the reach of the K-12 education activities?

What is the impact of the outreach programming?

Institutional Transformation Questions Do faculty and stakeholders SW-IFL create and disseminate deliverables?

Is there convergent research as a result of collaborations and partnerships?

Is a sustainability plan in place after grant funding?

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SW-IFL 2024 PLANNED ACTIVITIES Observations Team: Develop individual project plans with incoming graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and incorporate their efforts into the overall observations team planning.

Commence and continue measurements and data collection from the various urban sites and identify new locations for the intensive observation periods.

Process and quality control CAP-LTER eddy covariance data from Maryvale over period 20122020, including data submission to AmeriFlux network at seasonal and interannual analysis.

Formalize outreach with state, county and city agencies, plus other collaborative partners on instrumentation/data plans.

Complete site mapping for existing observational assets and multi-pronged strategy to identify target locations for future deployments of the mobile observatories.

Expand network of web-connected weather stations to a minimum of 20 sites in year 2.

Potential Locations for Eddy Covariance Network Sites

ASU Tempe Campus ERC Rooftop

Maryvale West Phoenix

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Desert Botanical Gardens

West Durango Complex

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SW-IFL 2024 PLANNED ACTIVITIES Observations Team Continued: Develop a methodology to quantify the spatiotemporal variability of urban boundary layer turbulence and thermodynamics using data collected by the BNL mobile observatories.

Deploy the BNL mobile observatories (two field trucks with mounted sensors) in Arizona.

Continue to develop network of community partners that can bridge this project with community members that will be collecting annual plant samples for radiocarbon analysis.

Collect, process, and quality control long-term records of hydrometeorological data from local and regional monitoring networks to develop climatological metrics supporting intensive observation periods and modeling activities.

Second Mobile Climate Sensing Platform ANDI-World’s First Walking, Sweating, Thermal Manikin

Radiocarbon of Annual Plants - Flagstaff Sampling 2023

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SW-IFL 2024 PLANNED ACTIVITIES Modeling Team:

Continue development of MoM (Model of Models) components, including but not limited to incorporation of observed morphological characteristics into MBEM and incorporation of data assimilation into MPAS. Compile list of geospatial data needs/requests from team leads and create infrastructure for storing/sharing these data to initiate development of a data sharing protocol (i.e., one-way coupling of MoM sub-models), which will lead to a fully functioning one-way coupling of MoM in Year 2.

Initiate Global to neighborhood (MPAS to WRF) simulation for the summer of 2020 as a case study demonstrating extreme high temperatures that will serve as an initial contemporary baseline (to be compared against future projections).

Begin database construction Work to identify and archive the Maricopa county building data Acquire and deploy Hysplit to forward model Vulcan output in Arizona urban domain Develop a 2D QTM that incorporates the spatial dimension Establish elasticity with more model outputs Create a rigorously tested Heat Resistance Index and quantifiable heat evolution Complete forward simulations of Hysplit by sector across all urban domains in Arizona urban corridor Complete onroad FFCO2 for whole domain at segment scale, hourly, multiple years Initial estimate of Hestia-scale CO2 and AQ emissions (CO, NOx) for all sectors (airport, onroad, rail, buildings, industrial point, electricity production, nonroad, cement) Initial estimate of anthropogenic heat emissions from above sectors CH4 emission asset identification in domain.

Missing building information - Data recovery and regeneration of a publicly-available dataset for additional buildings is prioritized, and will be added to, data and models for every Arizona building

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SW-IFL 2024 PLANNED ACTIVITIES Resilient Solutions Team: Continue Resilient Solution Team engagement with monthly all-team meetings, quarterly one-on-one meetings with researchers, additional sub-project meetings as needed.

Utilize ESS DIVE for data collection and collaboration Stakeholder Advisory Board will meet on regular basis and engage with sub-project research leads on as needed basis.

During IOPs, deploy SW-IFL-related projects to the two initially selected testbeds in Phoenix and Tucson.

Continue integration of projects into the Decision Support Toolkits as the website is developed.

Select testbed sites across the Sun Corridor to collect qualitative data to inform policy making.

Develop travel behavior surveys and implement travel surveys in 2024.

Complete coding, mapping, and analysis of PIRS™ for Heat, plan quality evaluation, and plan cross-referencing for the cities of Flagstaff, Phoenix, Tempe, Casa Grande, Tucson, and Nogales.

Conduct summer participatory research program for undergraduates at the three state universities.

Continue to develop K-12 educational activities with partners. Workshops will be developed based on pilot workshop outcomes and expanded to K-12 schools across the Arizona urban corridor.

Educational Activities and Discovery Fellows

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SW-IFL 2024 PLANNED ACTIVITIES Resilient Solutions Team continued: Deploying the Body Heat Storage index developed for Pima and Maricopa counties across the entire Arizona urban corridor Compiled ADHS heat-related illness and death stats and CDC social vulnerability index metrics for statistical comparisons Spatial heat-health data will be made available for use across the SW-IFL

Maps of LST and BHS for spatial heat-health analysis (Chambers et al. , 2023)

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SW-IFL JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS In the first year of the SW-IFL project, the team published work related to the project in the following professional journals. At the time of this report, multiple publications were in the preparation and submission process. The SW-IFL team anticipates a more robust publication list in Year 2.

Integration of urban science and urban climate adaptation research: opportunities to advance climate action ABSTRACT: There is a growing recognition that responding to climate change necessitates urban adaptation. We sketch a transdisciplinary research effort, arguing that actionable research on urban adaptation needs to recognize the nature of cities as social networks embedded in physical space. Given the pace, scale and socioeconomic outcomes of urbanization in the Global South, the specificities and history of its cities must be central to the study of how well-known agglomeration effects can facilitate adaptation. The proposed effort calls for the co-creation of knowledge involving scientists and stakeholders, especially those historically excluded from the design and implementation of urban development policies.

Citation: Lobo, J., Aggarwal, R.M., Alberti, M. et al. Integration of urban science and urban climate adaptation research: opportunities to advance climate action. npj Urban Sustain 3, 32 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-023-00113-0

Fig. 1: The multifaceted nature of urban adaptation to climate change

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SW-IFL JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS How can we combine urban cooling strategies to effectively cool cities over the entire diurnal cycle?

ABSTRACT: The urban heat island effect generally peaks in the night/evening hours and, in some cases, an urban cool island effect during daytime has been reported.

These patterns are observed mainly because of the widespread use of impervious and thermally massive materials (like concrete and asphalt) in the built environment and their ability to store energy during the daytime and release it at night. Unfortunately, most urban cooling strategies, such as cool (white), green, and blue spaces, provide better thermal performance during the daytime than at night. Hence, such solutions are not ideal for nighttime heat mitigation. In this study, we investigate the effect of the thermal storage capacity of existing buildings on nighttime urban air temperature for a hot arid city—Phoenix, and a hot humid city—Atlanta. The study uses regional scale atmospheric modeling to compare the nighttime urban cooling capability of thermally light buildings (Cross-laminated timber buildings in this case) with concrete buildings. The results show that the adoption of thermally light buildings reduce nighttime air temperatures, and slightly increases daytime air temperatures. On the other hand, cool roof adaption could reduce urban air temperature significantly during the daytime and slightly at night. Therefore, together with cool roofs, thermally light buildings may be able to cool the surrounding air by an average of about 1 °C throughout the diurnal cycle, providing thermal comfort and reducing cooling demand during all hours.

Thermally light buildings with cool roofs can cool the urban air always (~1 °C).

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Citation: Anand, J, Sailor, D.J. How can we combine urban cooling strategies to effectively cool cities over the entire diurnal cycle? Building and Environment, Volume 242 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.11 0524

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SW-IFL ADVISORY BOARD The SW-IFL Advisory Board is composed of two groups: Stakeholder Advisory Group (SAG) and the Technical Advisory Group (TAG). Their goals are threefold: To expand awareness of and trust in the research program among a broad community of stakeholders To build consensus around how to responsibly navigate the development and deployment of the models, measurements, and technologies in testbeds To serve as a resource to enable two-way learning between the research team and decisionmakers Together they address both the process and technical aspects of the project.

Nicole Antonopoulos City of Flagstaff

Dr. Jessica Bell Maricopa County Department of Public Health

Dr. Daniel Betts Blue Frontier

Tom Dang National Weather Service

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STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP

James Gagliardi City of Casa Grande

Laura Hyneman City of Mesa

Irene Ogata City of Tucson & Tucson Water

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SW-IFL ADVISORY BOARD TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP

Dr. Mary Barth* National Center for Atmospheric Research

Dr. Dev Niyogi UT Austin

Dr. Elie Bou-Zeid Princeton University

Dr. Paul Shepson Stonybrook

Dr. Jonathan Gilligan Vanderbilt

Dr. James Whetstone

Dr. Theo Lim Virginia Tech

Dr. Olga Wilhelmi

National Institute of Standards & Technology

National Center for Atmospheric Research

*nomination acceptance pending

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SW-IFL COLLABORATING PARTNERS & ORGANIZATIONS Collaboration partnerships are a key component of the SW-IFL project. To that end, the team strives to create working relationships with various professional and community partners to further both the research and resulting resilient solutions.

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SW-IFL MEDIA INTERVIEWS Date

Linked Article

Media Outlet

11.07.22

ASU leads $25M project to develop Southwest urban integrated Field Laboratory

ASU Press

11.09.22

UArizona researchers awarded $3.5M to fight extreme heat

UA Press

11.09.22

ASU Leads $25M Project to Develop Southwest Urban Integrated Field Laboratory

BNL Newsroom

11.15.22

Urban Flux Measurements: Water and Carbon in Phoenix, Arizona

Ameriflux

12.13.22

How plants, volunteers will help NAU computer model estimate fossil fuel emissions

NAU Press

1.31.23

Study finds vast disparities in how heat affects Phoenix residents

Yale Climate Connections

3.02.23

Episode 357: Investigating methods of heat management in Arizona

Arizona Public Media

4.20.23

Heat and health risks: a multifaceted human problem

Global Futures Laboratory

5.19.23

UArizona Experts Available to Discuss Extreme Heat

UA Press

5.31.23

Without chief heat officers, how can smaller cities respond to extreme heat?

Smart Cities Dive

6.17.23

These kids revamped their schoolyard. It could be a model to make cities healthier.

NPR

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SW-IFL MEDIA INTERVIEWS Date

Linked Article

Media Outlet

6.30.23

UA Workshop Deepens Local Educators’ Knowledge of the Impact of Climate Change in Arizona

AZPM News

7.12.23

Unrelenting heat wave impacting 80 Million from California to South Florida

NBC Nightly News

7.16.23

Phoenix’s vulnerable residents suffer through record heat at night

The Guardian

7.19.23

Extreme heat around the world

BBC News

7.20.23

The Man Trying to Save Phoenix From Historic Heat

New York Times

7.23.23

Why air conditioners can be a problematic solution to extreme heat

CBC

7.24.23

Community leaders tour cooling centers to help combat excessive heat

ABC-15 Arizona

7.25.23

Arizona state reps tour cooling centers; some call for more resources, new laws

FOX 10 Phoenix

7.26.23

Tips for staying safe in extreme heat

PBS News Hour

7.26.23

These Thermal Images Show How Phoenix Uses Technology to Keep Cool

Washington Post

7.26.23

How Cities Are Battling Extreme Heat, and Why RecordBreaking Temps Don’t Tell the Whole Story

UA Press

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SW-IFL MEDIA INTERVIEWS Date

Linked Article

Media Outlet

7.26.23

This Sweaty Robot Can Teach Us How to Survive Extreme Heat

Singularity Hub

7.27.23

Biden looks to provide relief from extreme heat as record high temperatures persist across the US

Associated Press

7.27.23

Sweating, shivering, breathing robots teach humans how extreme temperatures affect the body

WBUR

7.28.23

Phoenix’s Rapid Growth Magnified Its Vulnerability to Heat

Bloomberg City Lab

7.31.23

As Arizona builds to solve a housing crisis, will its homes withstand future heat extremes?

Arizona Republic

8.09.23

Tackling extreme heat isn't a summertime job - it's a year-round effort

SmartCities World

8.23.23

‘Shocking’ Temps Don’t Tell the Whole Story of Extreme Heat

The Good Men Project

9.19.23

Vestar Wants Shoppers to Stay Cool

US Real Estate News

9.19.23

Vestar and ASU launch 'cool pavement project' at Desert Ridge Marketplace

AZ Big Media

9.19.23

Portion of Phoenix's Desert Ridge Marketplace gets cool pavement treatment

KTAR

9.27.23

Heat governance scholar Ladd Keith’s collaboration with NOAA

NOAA Climate.org

10.5.23

How to build a heat-resilient city

Grist.org

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SW-IFL PRESENTATIONS Date

Presentation Title

Presenter(s)

Audience

11.29.22

Southwest Urban Corridor Integrated Field Laboratory KickOff Meeting

David Sailor Jean Andino

ASU, US Department of Energy, community and project partners

12.16.22

AGU Town Hall: DOE’s Expanded Engagement in Urban Climate Science

David Sailor

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

1.13.23

Applying a plan integration for resilience scorecard for heat in Tempe, AZ.

Ladd Keith Sara Meerow Shaylynn Trego Erika Schmidt

CAP-LTER 25th All Scientists Meeting & Poster Symposium at ASU

Ladd Keith

Perspectives on Resilience at UArizona Institute for Resilience (AIR)

2.2.23

Advancing Heat Resilience

2.22.23

SW-IFL All-Hands Meeting

2.2023

Going mobile to address emerging climate equity needs in the heterogeneous urban environment

Katia Lamer

ASU School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Planning Colloquium

3.9.23

Planning for Urban Heat Resilience

Ladd Keith

Climate Change & Cardiovascular Disease Collaborative (CCC)

4.2023

Neighborhood environment and cancer risk

Chris Lim

UArizona Cancer Center April Seminar

4.2023

Equitably observing urban climate patterns: A multidimensional challenge that calls for a multisensor mobile approach

Katia Lamer

DOE National Science Bowl

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SW-IFL PRESENTATIONS Date

4.14.23

Presentation Title

Urban Heat Planning and Governance

Presenter(s)

Audience

Ladd Keith

Environmental Breakfast Club, UArizona College of Law

4.24.23

UCL Earth Day Event

David Sailor

University College, London (UCL) Institute for Environmental Design + Engineering

4.24.23

Summary for 7th Arizona Extreme Heat Planning Workshop

David Sailor

Arizona Department of Health Services, ASU, UArizona, NOAA

4.27.23

Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard™ (PIRS™) for Heat

Ladd Keith Sara Meerow

2nd Annual NIHHIS Meeting, US National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS)

5.15.23

Evaluating heat mitigation across networks of plans

Shaylynn Trego

23rd International Congress of Biometeorology

5.15.23

SW-IFL Data Generation and Management

Jean Andino

2023 US Department of Energy ESS PI Meeting

5.17.23

Remote Sensing and Machine Learning and Crowdsourcing

David Sailor

2023 US Department of Energy ESS PI Meeting

Sara Meerow

American Institute of Architects (AIA) Seattle, Adaptation & Resilience Committee Conversations Towards Resilience Series

5.30.23

Urban Heat and Air Quality

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SW-IFL PRESENTATIONS Date

Presentation Title

Presenter(s)

Audience

6.2023

Air Pollution and Health

Chris Lim

American Lung Association

6.27.23

SW-IFL Atomospheric/Air Quality Work & Community Engagement

Jean Andino

National Science & Technology Council (NSTC) at the White House

6.29.23

SW-IFL Teacher Training Workshop Jean Andino, et al for AZ WET Project

7.21.23

Urban heat, policy, and planning

8.28.23

Keynote: Multiscale modeling techniques to document and respond to urban climate change

9.11.23

SW-IFL 2023 Annual All-Hands Meeting

UArizona and AZ Project WET

Sara Meerow

Center for Regenerative Solutions, Urban Sustainability Directors Network

Matei Georgescu

11th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC), Australia

SW-IFL Leadership September 2023 SWTeam IFL All-Hands Meeting

SW-IFL presentations:

9.27.23 - 9.28.23

SW-IFL Overview Climate Scale Modeling/Scenarios David Sailor Community Co-design, resilient Matei Georgescu solutions & decision making Ladd Keith Education & Outreach Patricia Solis Observation Strategy Jean Andino Atmosphere Katia Lamer Addressing Equity & Social Ted Schuur Vulnerability Kevin Gurney Greenhouse Gas Emissions / Enrique Vivoni Biogeochemistry Hydrology Data Management Integration across the subsurfaceatmosphere-human-nature systems

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SW-IFL PROJECT ROSTERS SW-IFL Leadership Team Name

Affiliation

Project team(s)

David Sailor*, Principal Investigator

ASU

All

Jean Andino*, Deputy Director

ASU

All

Matei Georgescu, Co-Lead

ASU

Modeling

Kevin Gurney, Institutional Lead

NAU

Modeling

Ladd Keith, Institutional Lead

UA

Resilient Solutions

Kirsten Lake, Program Coordinator

UA

Resilient Solutions

Katia Lamer, Institutional Lead

BNL

Observations

Joshua Ryan New, Institutional Lead

ORNL

Modeling

Ted Schuur, Co-Lead

NAU

Observations

Patricia Solis, Co-Lead

ASU

Resilient Solutions

Mukul Tewari, Institutional Lead

IBM

Modeling

Enrique Vivoni, Co-Lead

ASU

Observation

Wendy Barnard, Evaluator

ASU

Staff

Shannon Zweig, Project Manager

ASU

Staff

* Project Leads

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SW-IFL PROJECT ROSTERS SW-IFL Resilient Solutions Team Name

Affiliation

Name

Affiliation

Ladd Keith*

UA

David Hondula

ASU

Patricia Solis*

ASU

Elise Lodge Otto

UA

Jean Andino

ASU

Joseph Karanja

ASU

Joffa Applegate

ASU

Mark Kear

UA

Natalia Arruda

ASU

Kenneth Kokroko

UA

Ashley Avila

UA

Lindsey Jordan

UA

Heidi Brown

UA

Kirsten Lake

UA

Katherine Coleman

UA

Katia Lamer

BNL

Kristina Currans

UA

Chris Chaeha Lim

UA

Mary Encinas Munoz

ASU

Clayton Lyon

UA

Gregg Garfin

UA

Sara Meerow

ASU

Matei Georgescu

ASU

Helen Rowe

UA

Melissa Guardaro

ASU

Malini Roy

UA

* Co-Lead

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SW-IFL PROJECT ROSTERS SW-IFL Resilient Solutions Team cont.

Name

Affiliation

Name

Affiliation

David Sailor

ASU

Lisa Townsend

UA

Xahria Santiago

UA

Shaylynn Trego

ASU

Saeideh Sobhaninia

ASU

Jennifer Vanos

ASU

Philip Stoker

UA

Enrique Vivoni

ASU

Drew Szentesy

UA

Mary Wright

City of Phoenix

Lauren Thomas

IBM

Jeonggyo Yoon

UA

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SW-IFL PROJECT ROSTERS SW-IFL Observations Team Name

Affiliation

Name

Affiliation

Enrique Vivoni*

ASU

Chris Chaeha Lim

UA

Ted Schuur*

NAU

Edward Luke

BNL

Jean Andino

ASU

Giuseppe Mascaro

ASU

Deepak Amaripadath

ASU

Ariane Middel

ASU

Michelle Dao

ASU

Vernon Morris

ASU

Edwin Davis

BNL

Diane Pataki

ASU

Matthew Fraser

ASU

Anthony Praino

IBM

Ruby Hurtado

ASU

Helen Rowe

NAU

Michael Jensen

BNL

David Sailor

ASU

Martin Jimenez-Navarro

ASU

Xiangmin Sun

ASU

Joseph Karanja

ASU

Daniel Waxman

BNL

Katia Lamer

BNL

Jennifer Vanos

ASU

* Co-Lead

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SW-IFL PROJECT ROSTERS SW-IFL Modeling Team Name

Affiliation

Name

Affiliation

Matei Georgescu*

ASU

Ladd Keith

UA

Kevin Gurney*

NAU

Katia Lamer

BNL

Jean Andino

ASU

Fengqi Li

ORNL

Mikhail Chester

ASU

Alberto Martilli

ASU

Shovan Chowdhury

ORNL

Alamin Molla

ASU

Edwin Davis

BNL

Mohamed Moustaoui

ASU

Pawlok Dass

NAU

Modeste Nematchoua

NAU

Xiangwen Deng

ASU

Joshua Ryan New

ORNL

Melissa Dumas

ORNL

Amy Palmer

IBM

Lech Gawuc

NAU

Akshata Parulekar

ASU

Joseph Karanja

ASU

Rabindra Pokhrel

ASU

Anna Kato

NAU

Mattheus Porto

ASU

* Co-Lead

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SW-IFL PROJECT ROSTERS SW-IFL Modeling Team cont.

Name

Affiliation

Name

Affiliation

Anthony Priano

IBM

Mukul Tewari

IBM

Edwin Ramirez Aguilar

ASU

Lauren Thomas

IBM

David Sailor

ASU

Lloyd Trenish

IBM

Francisco Salamanca

ASU

Enrique Vivoni

ASU

Ted Schuur

NAU

Daniel Waxman

BNL

Avery Stubbings

ORNL

Rob Wolfinbarger

ASU

Huilin Sun

NAU

Xuesong Zhou

ASU

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We’d like to thank all those who contributed to the efforts and activities of the SW-IFL project as noted in our 2023 annual report.

The SW-IFL Leadership and Research Teams The SW-IFL Advisory Board Our project partners: Arizona State University, University of Arizona, Northern Arizona University, Brookhaven National Laboratory, IBM, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory Our community and public organization partners

We thank you for your continued support and contributions toward the goals of the SW-IFL project.

This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research’s Urban Integrated Field Laboratories research activity, under Award Number DE-SC0023520.

CONTACT Southwest Urban Corridor Integrated Field Laboratory School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning Arizona State University 975 S Myrtle Ave, Tempe, AZ 85281 www.sw-ifl.asu.edu SW-IFL@asu.edu @SW_IFL 2023 Annual Report compiled by Shannon Zweig, SW-IFL Project Manager

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