“It’ll be about 35 routes, driven 3 times during the day, and we did not want to assume that our volunteers would want to take multiple shifts,” said Sarah Terry-Cobo, an associate planner with Oklahoma City’s Office of Sustainability. Upwards of 300 people would be needed to most effectively staff the Oklahoma City campaign, planners said. 12, but the date could change, depending on weather conditions. The mapping event is tentatively set for Aug. The volunteers, called “street scientists” by city officials, would be asked to help record temperature and air quality data along pre-planned routes throughout the city during the early morning, late afternoon and evening on the hottest day in August. Oklahoma City planners and engineers are seeking hundreds of local volunteers to be a part of a nationwide campaign to map urban heat islands in large cities.
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