Urban microclimate studies are gaining popularity due to rapid urbanization. Many studies
documented that urban microclimate can affect building energy performance, human …

Built environment changes the radiative, thermal and hydrological properties of the land
surface creating higher temperature over urban regions known as the Urban Heat Island …

The quality of life of millions of people living in cities could be improved if the form of the city
were to evolve in a manner appropriate to its climatic context. Climatically responsive urban …

Urban Heat Island (UHI) has significant impacts on the buildings energy consumption and
outdoor air quality (OAQ). Various approaches, including observation and simulation …

The International Urban Energy Balance Models Comparison Project: First Results from
Phase 1 in: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Volume 49 Issue 6 (2010) …

Urban land surface schemes have been developed to model the distinct features of the
urban surface and the associated energy exchange processes. These models have been …

Vegetation alters urban climates via transpirational cooling; however, unlike shorter
vegetation, trees additionally provide shade and shelter. Urban canopy models (UCMs) are …

In the last two decades, mesoscale models (MMs) with urban canopy parameterizations
have been widely used to study urban boundary layer processes. Different studies show that …

This study investigates the characteristics of the thermal environment and surface energy
balance (SEB) in idealized outdoor scaled street canyons with different height-to-width ratios …

We propose a new surface exchange scheme coupling the transport of energy and water in
urban canopies. The new model resolves the subfacet heterogeneity of urban surfaces …