Climate observatories on wheels cruise Tucson to help research extreme heat

The high-tech, weather-chasing trucks belong to Brookhaven National Laboratory, who is partnering with researchers at the University of Arizona to study extreme heat in the Southwest. Researchers said the mobile labs are the only two of their kind in the world, and are uniquely outfitted to monitor localized climate data. “The big picture for the Southwest IFL is that we’re looking at climate change across the Arizona urban corridor, modeling observations, and translating all of that into resilient solutions for community partners,” said Ladd Keith, an associate professor of urban...