Assessment methods of urban microclimate and its parameters: A critical review to take the research from lab to land

H Bherwani, A Singh, R Kumar - Urban Climate, 2020 - Elsevier
Urbanization creates enormous opportunities and contributes to socio-economic diversity
that renovates the built environment. However, growth and development has an …

Meta-analysis of urbanization impact on rainfall modification

J Liu, D Niyogi - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Even though it is known that urbanization affects rainfall, studies vary regarding the
magnitude and location of rainfall change. To develop a comprehensive understanding of …

Trends, topics, and lessons learnt from real case studies using mesoscale atmospheric models for urban climate applications in 2000–2019

YT Kwok, EYY Ng - Urban climate, 2021 - Elsevier
Researchers have made immense progress in understanding the urban-induced
microclimate by numerical modelling. It has been around two decades since urban canopy …

Evaluation of cool roof and vegetations in mitigating urban heat island in a tropical city, Singapore

XX Li, LK Norford - Urban Climate, 2016 - Elsevier
A numerical study with a weather research and forecasting (WRF) model at 300-m resolution
shows that Singapore's canopy-layer UHI intensity has a strong diurnal cycle, peaking in …

Remote sensing based analysis of urban heat islands with vegetation cover in Colombo city, Sri Lanka using Landsat-7 ETM+ data

IP Senanayake, W Welivitiya, PM Nadeeka - Urban Climate, 2013 - Elsevier
Urbanisation leads to rapid constructions, which use low albedo materials leading to high
heat absorption in urban centres. In addition, removal of vegetation cover and emissions of …

Layerwise anomaly detection in laser powder-bed fusion metal additive manufacturing

M Mahmoudi, AA Ezzat… - Journal of …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
A growing research trend in additive manufacturing (AM) calls for layerwise anomaly
detection as a step toward enabling real-time process control, in contrast to ex situ or …

A multi‐resolution ensemble study of a tropical urban environment and its interactions with the background regional atmosphere

XX Li, TY Koh, D Entekhabi, M Roth… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This study employed the Weather Research and Forecasting model with a single‐layer
urban canopy model to investigate the urban environment of a tropical city, Singapore. The …

The case of Tehran's urban heat island, Iran: Impacts of urban 'lockdown'associated with the COVID-19 pandemic

G Roshan, R Sarli, SW Grab - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing expansion of urban environments with associated transformation of land-
cover has led to the formation of urban heat islands (UHI) in many urbanized regions …

Urban rainfall modification: Observational climatology over Berlin, Germany

JM Lorenz, R Kronenberg, C Bernhofer… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the direct influence of urban areas on storm events (heavy rainfall
above 17 mm/hr). An 11‐year climatology of summertime precipitation was performed to …

Assessing the stability of annual temperatures for different urban functional zones

R Sun, Y Lü, L Chen, L Yang, A Chen - Building and Environment, 2013 - Elsevier
The urban functional zone (UFZ) is the basic unit of urban planning, which is defined as an
area of similar social and economic functions. Despite the importance of UFZs, the stability …