Urban environments lie at the confluence of social, cultural, and economic activities and
have unique biophysical characteristics due to continued infrastructure development that …

Progress in urban climatology over the two decades since the first publication of the
International Journal of Climatology is reviewed. It is emphasized that urban climatology …

This article deals with the state-of-the-art of experimental and numerical studies carried out
regarding air pollutant dispersion in urban environments. Since the simulation of the …

A scheme to represent the impact of urban buildings on airflow in mesoscale atmospheric
models is presented. In the scheme, the buildings are not explicitly resolved, but their effects …

▪ Abstract Increasing urbanization and concern about sustainability and quality of life issues
have produced considerable interest in flow and dispersion in urban areas. We address this …

This paper provides a comprehensive, critical review of turbulence observations over cities.
More than fifty studies are analysed with their experimental conditions summarized in an …

In this study, comprehensive measurements over a number of urban-type surfaces with the
same area density of 25% have been performed in a wind tunnel. The experiments were …

Reducing exposure to atmospheric nanoparticles in urban areas is important for protecting
public health. Developing new or improving the capabilities of existing dispersion models …

A model is developed for the adjustment of the spatially averaged time-mean flow of a deep
turbulent boundary layer over small roughness elements to a canopy of larger three …

In the last two decades substantial advances have been made in the understanding of the
scientific basis of urban climates. These are reviewed here with attention to sustainability of …