Mapping local climate zones for cities: A large review
The local climate zone (LCZ) system provides a universal classification mechanism for
urban and natural landscapes and plays an increasingly important role in urban climate …
urban and natural landscapes and plays an increasingly important role in urban climate …
A systematic review of GIS-based local climate zone mapping studies
The local climate zone (LCZ) framework has been widely applied to generate LCZ maps for
understanding urban thermal environments. LCZ mapping has two research streams. The …
understanding urban thermal environments. LCZ mapping has two research streams. The …
LCZ Generator: a web application to create Local Climate Zone maps
Since their introduction in 2012, Local Climate Zones (LCZs) emerged as a new standard for
characterizing urban landscapes, providing a holistic classification approach that takes into …
characterizing urban landscapes, providing a holistic classification approach that takes into …
Optimizing local climate zones to mitigate urban heat island effect in human settlements
Rapid urbanization has caused radical changes in urban climates. As a result, issues
related to urban thermal environments have become more prominent. Finding a balance …
related to urban thermal environments have become more prominent. Finding a balance …
[HTML][HTML] Local climate zone-based urban land cover classification from multi-seasonal Sentinel-2 images with a recurrent residual network
The local climate zone (LCZ) scheme was originally proposed to provide an interdisciplinary
taxonomy for urban heat island (UHI) studies. In recent years, the scheme has also become …
taxonomy for urban heat island (UHI) studies. In recent years, the scheme has also become …
So2Sat LCZ42: A benchmark data set for the classification of global local climate zones [Software and Data Sets]
Gaining access to labeled reference data is one of the great challenges in supervised
machine-learning endeavors. This is especially true for an automated analysis of remote …
machine-learning endeavors. This is especially true for an automated analysis of remote …
Climatic performance of urban textures: Analysis tools for a Mediterranean urban context
Urban heat island effect is almost always neglected in building energy simulations, due to
difficulties in obtaining site-specific climate data with a district-scale resolution. This study …
difficulties in obtaining site-specific climate data with a district-scale resolution. This study …
Relationships between building characteristics, urban form and building energy use in different local climate zone contexts: An empirical study in Seoul
The influence of building context on the relationship between building and its energy use
has been attracting attention. However, most studies simply defined building contextual …
has been attracting attention. However, most studies simply defined building contextual …
Mapping local climate zones and its applications at the global scale: A systematic review of the last decade of progress and trend
The concept of local climate zone (LCZ) was proposed in 2012 to meet the needs of
refinement and standardization of urban climate research. As an important contribution of …
refinement and standardization of urban climate research. As an important contribution of …
Assessment of local climate zone classification maps of cities in China and feasible refinements
Local climate zone (LCZ) maps that describe the urban surface structure and cover with
consistency and comparability across cities are gaining applications in studies of urban heat …
consistency and comparability across cities are gaining applications in studies of urban heat …