SUHI analysis using Local Climate Zones—A comparison of 50 cities

B Bechtel, M Demuzere, G Mills, W Zhan, P Sismanidis… - Urban Climate, 2019 - Elsevier
Assessment of surface urban heat islands (SUHI) has been hampered by the lack of a
consistent framework to permit consistent interpretation between cities. Local Climate Zones …

Quantifying the response of surface urban heat island to urban greening in global north megacities

F Cui, R Hamdi, X Yuan, H He, T Yang, W Kuang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban heat island, a phenomenon that urban temperature is higher than the rural area
nearby, affects directly citizens' human health and well-being. However, the cooling effect …

Identification of typical diurnal patterns for clear-sky climatology of surface urban heat islands

J Lai, W Zhan, F Huang, J Voogt, B Bechtel… - Remote sensing of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding the diurnal dynamics of surface urban heat islands (SUHIs) is an
indispensable step towards their full interpretation at multiple time scales. However …

Seasonal and interannual drought responses of vegetation in a California urbanized area measured using complementary remote sensing indices

DL Miller, M Alonzo, SK Meerdink, MA Allen… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The effects of drought can manifest in vegetation across an array of physiological responses
and time scales. In metropolitan areas, vegetation provides shading and cooling during hot …

Surface urban heat island and its relationship with land cover change in five urban agglomerations in China based on GEE

H Zhang, Y Yin, H An, J Lei, M Li, J Song… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
The development of urbanization has changed the original land cover and exacerbated the
urban heat island effect, seriously affecting the sustainable development of the ecological …

The effect of urbanization on the intensification of SUHIs: Analysis by LULC on Karachi

SH Rizvi, H Fatima, MJ Iqbal, K Alam - Journal of Atmospheric and Solar …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aims to assess Urban Heat Island (UHI) as Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI) of
Karachi which ensures the existence of UHI effect on sustainability, based on the analysis of …

A study of the impact of landscape heterogeneity on surface energy fluxes in a tropical climate using SUEWS

OB Obe, TE Morakinyo, G Mills - Urban Climate, 2024 - Elsevier
This study employs an evaluated Surface Urban Energy and Water Balance Scheme
(SUEWS) model driven by Local Climate Zone (LCZ)-derived urban canopy parameters to …

Quantifying of surface urban cool island in arid environments case study: Isfahan metropolis

SA Masoodian, M Montazeri - Landscape and Ecological Engineering, 2021 - Springer
The cities that are built on the arid biomes with the hot and dry climates can adjust the
temperature (oasis effect) and create the urban cool island (UCI) during the day. As the …