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MITIGATION IMPACT SCREENING TOOL (MIST)
Impact/Purpose:
MIST is intended to provide local-level air quality officials and nongovernment groups with qualitatively accurate assessments of the likely impacts of heat island mitigation strategies averaged at the city-scale. While results are estimated using state-of-the-science modeling tools, the results derived from this tool are qualitative in nature. The research upon which MIST is based necessarily incorporates a number of assumptions that help make the results applicable for a large number of cities and a variety of mitigation scenarios.
Description:
MIST is intended to provide a back of the envelope, qualitative indication of the likely impacts of heat island mitigation strategies averaged at the city-scale. To run MIST, users follow three basic steps: 1. Select the city to model (240 available) 2. Define the mitigation strategy to test 3. Estimate impacts on meteorology, air quality, and energy The mitigation strategies investigated include increasing urban albedo, or increasing urban vegetative cover, or a combined approach. MIST also allows investigation of average temperature reduction and produces estimates of the resulting impacts on ozone and energy consumption. If a desired level of temperature reduction is identified, MIST allows the user to explore combinations of mitigation strategies that could achieve this reduction.
URLs/Downloads:
www.heatislandmitigationtool.com
DRAFT CONSOLIDATED MIST PEER REVIEW COMMENTS.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 67 KB, about PDF)
DRAFT CONSOLIDATED MIST PEER REVIEW COMMENTS.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 67 KB, about PDF)