Mapping local climate zones for cities: A large review

F Huang, S Jiang, W Zhan, B Bechtel, Z Liu… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Advances in air quality research–current and emerging challenges

RS Sokhi, N Moussiopoulos, A Baklanov… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
This review provides a community's perspective on air quality research focusing mainly on
developments over the past decade. The article provides perspectives on current and future …

[HTML][HTML] Global building morphology indicators

F Biljecki, YS Chow - Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2022 - Elsevier
Characterising and analysing urban morphology is a continuous task in urban data science,
environmental analyses, and many other domains. As the availability and quality of data on …

Time evolution of the surface urban heat island

ID Stewart, ES Krayenhoff, JA Voogt… - Earth's …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric and surface urban heat islands (UHI) originate from common energetic
processes, but the status of scientific knowledge on their time evolution is highly disparate …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] The extreme heat wave of July–August 2021 in the Athens urban area (Greece): Atmospheric and human-biometeorological analysis exploiting ultra-high …

C Giannaros, I Agathangelidis, G Papavasileiou… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Greece was affected by a prolonged and extreme heat wave (HW) event (July 28–August
05) during the abnormally hot summer of 2021, with the maximum temperature in Athens …

[PDF][PDF] W2W: A Python package that injects WUDAPT's Local Climate Zone information in WRF

M Demuzere, D Argüeso, A Zonato… - Journal of Open Source …, 2022 - joss.theoj.org
The Python-based WUDAPT-to-WRF (W2W) package is developed to translate Local
Climate Zone (LCZ) maps into urban canopy parameters readable by WRF, the community …

Impact of urban wind environment on urban building energy: A review of mechanisms and modeling

P Jie, M Su, N Gao, Y Ye, X Kuang, J Chen, P Li… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the context of global warming, improving energy-use efficiency is an important research
topic in the fields of green buildings and eco-cities. There is an indivisible coupling …

Automatic responsive-generation of 3D urban morphology coupled with local climate zones using generative adversarial network

S Zhou, Y Wang, W Jia, M Wang, Y Wu, R Qiao… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Decoupling the intricate relationship between three-dimensional (3D) urban morphology
and local climate is paramount importance in the realm of adaptive urban planning …

Thermal effects of cool roofs and urban vegetation during extreme heat events in three Canadian regions

H Lu, A Gaur, ES Krayenhoff, Z Jandaghian… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The need to mitigate and adapt to a changing climate is becoming more urgent, especially in
highly urbanized areas where a growing portion of the population lives. This study quantifies …