Recent progress on urban overheating and heat island research. Integrated assessment of the energy, environmental, vulnerability and health impact. Synergies with …

M Santamouris - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban overheating is documented for more than 400 major cities in the world. Numerous
experimental data show that the magnitude of the average temperature increase may …

[HTML][HTML] Climate, carbon dioxide, and plant-based aero-allergens: a deeper botanical perspective

LH Ziska - Frontiers in Allergy, 2021 - frontiersin.org
There is global evidence of a general increase in the incidence and prevalence of
respiratory diseases including allergic rhinitis and associated asthma. This increase in turn …

[HTML][HTML] Indicators for climate change-driven urban health impact assessment

AJ Trájer, V Sebestyén, E Domokos, J Abonyi - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change can cause multiply potential health issues in urban areas, which is the most
susceptible environment in terms of the presently increasing climate volatility. Urban …

[HTML][HTML] Retrospection of heatwave and heat index

A Awasthi, K Vishwakarma, KC Pattnayak - Theoretical and Applied …, 2022 - Springer
The frequency and intensity of extreme events especially heat waves (HW) are growing all
around the world which ultimately poses a serious threat to the health of individuals. To …

[HTML][HTML] Developing of low-cost air pollution sensor—Measurements with the unmanned aerial vehicles in Poland

S Pochwała, A Gardecki, P Lewandowski, V Somogyi… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
This article presents the capabilities and selected measurement results from the newly
developed low-cost air pollution measurement system mounted on an unmanned aerial …

A multi-sector causal network of urban heat vulnerability coupling with mitigation

S Yang, L Ding, D Prasad - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
As a vital component of urban heat risk, the vulnerability of exposed elements must be
assessed before further impact prediction and strategy implementation. In previous studies …

[HTML][HTML] Objective well-being level (OWL) composite indicator for sustainable and resilient cities

V Sebestyén, AJ Trájer, E Domokos, A Torma… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Well-being is a critical element of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals.
Given the complexity of the concept of well-being, it follows that its measurement requires …

Mixing-layer depth-based backwards trajectory analysis of the sources of high O3 concentrations at the Wutaishan station, North China

S Yan, X Gao, K Pei, H Sun, Y Wang, F Zhang… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present study, we investigate the formation, characteristics and sources of high O 3
concentrations at the high-altitude Wutaishan station (WTS, 2209.9 m asl) from 2017 to 2020 …

Urban ozone sink inferred from surface measurements in China

X Zhang, L Zhao, M Cheng, X Wu, D Chen - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
This study detected the spatial variations in the surface O 3 concentrations along the urban-
suburban-rural-background land use gradient and strived to identify the driving factors of …

Simulation and implementation of an environmental monitoring system based on LPWAN/IoT

F Ramírez-López, GA Yáñez-Casas… - … Congress of Telematics …, 2022 - Springer
Nowadays, the vertiginous development of wireless communications systems entails an
exponential increase in the necessities of a digital society. Internet of Things (IoT) concept …