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Calgary’s Summer Heat: A 2025 Satellite Perspective

Author: 2026/03/27 0 Comments

Is your neighborhood actually cooling you down, or is the greenery just for show?
I analyzed Calgary’s 2025 Summer thermal data to find the exact “tipping point” where urban vegetation starts working as a real air conditioner. Using non-linear regression on thousands of satellite data points, I identified a specific efficiency threshold: the point where plants stop being a “decorative installation” and start actively suppressing the Urban Heat Island effect.

Want to see the thermal map of Calgary and find out if your community is “self-sustaining” or “thermally vulnerable”? Check out the full study here!

OpenData, Uncategorized, Географія та екологія, Практика з R

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How Much Greener Is Calgary in 2025?

Author: 2026/02/21 0 Comments

Delta NDVI 2025 2024

Did you know exactly how much greener Calgary became after the heavy rains of 2025? While everyone simply enjoyed the break from the 2024 drought, I decided to actually measure it! I analyzed over 8.5 million satellite data points to find out which neighborhoods transformed into lush oases, and which ones actually lost their green space. Want to know if your community made the Top 5? Let’s find out!

OpenData, Географія та екологія, Практика з QGIS, Практика з R

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Greenness of Calgary Communities (Summer 2024)

Author: 2024/12/05 0 Comments

Ranking Calgary’s greenest communities: the analysis based on Sentinel-2 satellites data. Calgary’s five greenest residential communities are Shaganappi, Queens Park Village, Winston Heights/Mountview, Windsor Park, and Woodlands. Unsurprisingly, Downtown Commercial Core, Beltline, Manchester, Downtown West End, and Lower Mount Royal… (READ MORE)

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