TC25/Chicago_COMPASS: Heat-Related Estimates for Chicago Community Areas

Present-day summaries for 77 community areas in Chicago derived from WRF weather simulations, satellite observations, and socioeconomic surveys. The dataset includes variables like land surface temperature, NDVI, median income, and Hardship Index, created by TC Chakraborty of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Data sources include the Chicago Data Portal and open-source WRF model simulations.

Use Cases

• Modeling urban heat island effects based on WRF simulation outputs for different urban and lake configurations.
• Analyzing correlations between socioeconomic factors like Hardship Index and environmental variables like land surface temperature.
• Comparing satellite-derived vegetation (NDVI) and temperature estimates with high-resolution weather model outputs.
• Assessing the impact of different land surface and boundary layer schemes on simulated urban climate.

Strengths

• Covers 77 distinct community areas in Chicago, providing granular spatial analysis.
• Integrates data from multiple sources: WRF simulations, satellite observations (MODIS), and socioeconomic surveys.
• Includes multiple model ensemble runs (e.g., en01, en02) and configurations (e.g., BEM/BEP, Noah) for sensitivity analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.

Provenance

Source

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, TC Chakraborty

Collection Method

Data summaries generated from WRF simulations, satellite data (MODIS), and socioeconomic data from the Chicago Data Portal.

Time Range

Present-day (time range not explicitly specified)

Geography

Chicago, Illinois, USA (77 community areas)