Suitability of human settlements in mountainous areas from the perspective of ventilation: A case study of the main urban area of Chongqing

X Luo, J Yang, W Sun, B He - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Based on the multi-source data (eg, building vector and remote sensing data) of the main
urban areas of Chongqing, China, this study selected a few natural factors—the relief …

Urban morphology detection and computation for urban climate research

Y Xu, C Ren, P Ma, J Ho, W Wang, KKL Lau… - Landscape and urban …, 2017 - Elsevier
Urban morphology information is an important indicator in urban planning, information
management, and urban climatic applications. However, the problem of urban …

[HTML][HTML] An observational and modeling study of characteristics of urban heat island and boundary layer structures in Beijing

S Miao, F Chen, MA LeMone, M Tewari… - Journal of Applied …, 2009 - journals.ametsoc.org
An Observational and Modeling Study of Characteristics of Urban Heat Island and Boundary
Layer Structures in Beijing in: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Volume 48 Issue …

Impact of different roofing mitigation strategies on near-surface temperature and energy consumption over the Chicago metropolitan area during a heatwave event

H Tan, R Kotamarthi, J Wang, Y Qian… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study examined the impact of cool roofs, green roofs, and solar panel roofs on near-
surface temperature and cooling energy demand through regional modeling in the Chicago …

Spatial differentiation of urban wind and thermal environment in different grid sizes

J Yang, Y Wang, X Xiao, C Jin, JC Xia, X Li - Urban Climate, 2019 - Elsevier
Due to rapid urbanization, China's urban morphology has undergone tremendous changes,
resulting in an increased urban heat island (UHI) effect and negative impact of thermal …

A simple method for designation of urban ventilation corridors and its application to urban heat island analysis

MS Wong, JE Nichol, PH To, J Wang - Building and Environment, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper describes urban wind ventilation mapping, using the concept of “building frontal
area index”, and uses the Kowloon peninsula of Hong Kong as an example of a dense, sub …

Aerodynamic parameters of regular arrays of rectangular blocks with various geometries

A Hagishima, J Tanimoto, K Nagayama… - Boundary-Layer …, 2009 - Springer
The aerodynamic effects of various configurations of an urban array were investigated in a
wind-tunnel experiment. Three aerodynamic parameters characterising arrays—the drag …

Detection of ventilation paths using high-resolution roughness parameter mapping in a large urban area

T Gál, J Unger - Building and environment, 2009 - Elsevier
In this study, an urban roughness mapping method is presented on the example of a large
study area in Szeged, Hungary, as an example. With this roughness mapping procedure, the …

Evaluation of the WRF‐urban modeling system coupled to Noah and Noah‐MP land surface models over a semiarid urban environment

F Salamanca, Y Zhang, M Barlage… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We have augmented the existing capabilities of the integrated Weather Research and
Forecasting (WRF)‐urban modeling system by coupling three urban canopy models (UCMs) …

A study of the “wall effect” caused by proliferation of high-rise buildings using GIS techniques

MS Wong, J Nichol, E Ng - Landscape and urban planning, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper describes a novel method using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to
investigate the “wall effect” caused by proliferation of high-rise buildings along the coast in …