Urbanization impact on regional climate and extreme weather: Current understanding, uncertainties, and future research directions

Y Qian, TC Chakraborty, J Li, D Li, C He… - … in Atmospheric Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Urban environments lie at the confluence of social, cultural, and economic activities and
have unique biophysical characteristics due to continued infrastructure development that …

[PDF][PDF] Two decades of urban climate research: a review of turbulence, exchanges of energy and water, and the urban heat island

AJ Arnfield - International Journal of Climatology: a Journal of the …, 2003 - coolrooftoolkit.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] On the use of numerical modelling for near-field pollutant dispersion in urban environments− A review

M Lateb, RN Meroney, M Yataghene, H Fellouah… - Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

Flow and dispersion in urban areas

RE Britter, SR Hanna - Annual review of fluid mechanics, 2003 - annualreviews.org
▪ 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 …

Review of atmospheric turbulence over cities

M Roth - Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Near wall flow over urban-like roughness

H Cheng, IP Castro - Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2002 - Springer
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 …

Dynamics and dispersion modelling of nanoparticles from road traffic in the urban atmospheric environment—a review

P Kumar, M Ketzel, S Vardoulakis, L Pirjola… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2011 - Elsevier
Reducing exposure to atmospheric nanoparticles in urban areas is important for protecting
public health. Developing new or improving the capabilities of existing dispersion models …

Towards better scientific communication in urban climate

TR Oke - Theoretical and applied climatology, 2006 - Springer
Better communication both within the field of urban climate and between urban climate and
cognate fields is necessary to both bind the subject internally and to more effectively move it …

Climate and more sustainable cities: climate information for improved planning and management of cities (producers/capabilities perspective)

CSB Grimmond, M Roth, TR Oke, YC Au, M Best… - Procedia Environmental …, 2010 - Elsevier
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 …

BUBBLE–an urban boundary layer meteorology project

MW Rotach, R Vogt, C Bernhofer… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2005 - Springer
Summary The Basel UrBan Boundary Layer Experiment (BUBBLE) was a year-long
experimental effort to investigate in detail the boundary layer structure in the City of Basel …