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ICARO Project

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The project ICARO (traffIc and urbanization effeCts on temperAture in the uRban envirOnment) started in June 2017 as an application for the DATA FOR CLIMATE ACTION CHALLENGE (D4CA). D4CA was promoted by the UN Global Pulse with the aim of connecting researchers around the world with data and tools from leading companies to enable data-driven climate solutions.

ICARO Project Team is composed of Professors, Researchers and PhD students working in the fields of Geomatics, Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at Politecnico di Milano, Italy.

The executive summary of the work is presented as follows:

1. Project Objectives

2. Case study: Milan, Italy

3. Data Collection and Preprocessing

4. Data Analysis and Preliminary Results

5. Conclusions and Future Work

Acknowledgments

The Project Team gratefully acknowledges support from the Data for Climate Action - UN Global Pulse committee. The authors would like to sincerely thank the Planet Team [ 16 ] for providing access to satellite imagery, and the Google - Waze Research Program for providing access to Waze data and offering support through the Waze Connected Citizens Program (CCP). Finally, this work was partially supported by URBAN-GEO BIG DATA, a Project of National Interest (PRIN) funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) – id. 20159CNLW8.

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