CPO funds University of Vermont extreme heat project

This weather map shows temperatures in and around Burlington, Vermont, on August 13, 2021. Credit: National Weather Service

Recently, $300,000 was awarded by NOAA’s Climate Program Office to "Exposure-based Extreme Heat Vulnerability Mapping to Inform Adaptation and Mitigation of Extreme Heat Exposure Risk in Small Cities and Rural Settlements.” Overseen by UVM's Elizabeth Doran, PhD, a CEMS research assistant professor, the two-year College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences project has involved both graduate and undergraduate students in the data collection and research and was one of only 5 selected through a competitive review process..

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