CROCUS: Community Research on Climate and Urban Science
This Urban Integrated Field Laboratory studies urban
climate change
and its implications for environmental justice in the Chicago region. The CROCUS team conducts observational science and creates highly accurate climate models. This information will lead to new insights on current and future urban climate challenges and will inform future actions for managing and adapting to climate change at the street, neighborhood, and regional levels
| TYPE | Urban IFL |
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Principal Investigator (PI)
Cristina Negri
Lead Institution
Other Collaborators
Chicago State University
Ciemat
City Colleges of Chicago
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University
Northeastern Illinois University
Northwestern University
University of Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Notre Dame
University of Texas at Austin
University of Wisconsin Madison
Washington University St. Louis
Argonne National Laboratory leads Community Research on Climate & Urban Science (CROCUS), study how climate change is affecting Chicago’s neighborhoods. Over 20 sensor arrays, like this one installed at Northeastern Illinois University, help researchers provide more complete data on everything from rain fall to temperature to air pollution. . (Image credit: Argonne)