Objectives
Associate activities

1. Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect analysis and global effects modeling of urban ecosystem changes through Infrared satellite and micro and macro-climatic data.




2. Investigation and spatio-temporal modeling of relation between urban growth, urban landuse/landcover changes by satellite remote sensing, bio-geophysical, morphologic and climatic data; Post-change impact analysis.


3. Integrated model for anthropogenic and climatic stressors on Bucharest urban ecosystem impact/risk assessment. Exploitation and "dissemination of results

- IR domain remote sensing of surface   of urban landcover radiative budget by remote sensing, bio-geophysical, morphologic and climatic data analysis.
- Daily and seasonal urban surface temperature and urban heat island effect analysis for Bucharest town.
- Global effects of urban ecosystem changes on radiative budget modeling.



- Urban growth modeling and landcover analysis for urban and periurban Bucharest zones for last 30 years and current state through satellite remote sensing data.
- Predictive modelling of urban Bucharest ecosystem changes for future 50 years through satellite remote sensing data.
- Post-change impact analysis.




- Environmental impactstudies/risk assessments for urban Bucharest ecosystem.
- Impact maps on urban and periurban Bucharest areas.
- CD-ROM editing . Publishing of scientific papers
Objectives and activities 2011
PREDICTIVE MODELING OF BUCHAREST URBAN SYSTEM DYNAMICS AND QUANTIFICATION OF ANTHROPOGENIC AND CLIMATE FACTORS IMPACTS THROUGH SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING AND BIO-GEOPHYSICAL IN-SITU DATA