The Leeds urban heat island and its implications for energy use and thermal comfort

J Parker - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban heat islands are evident throughout the world and may become more problematic in
temperate climates as global warming continues. This paper characterizes the urban heat …

[HTML][HTML] Durability and performance of opaque high-reflectance envelope systems: a systematic review

AR Souza, RC Veloso, J Maia, I Flores-Colen… - Journal of Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
The demand for energy-efficient dwellings has led to various design solutions that improve
the performance of building envelopes. High surface temperatures affect the durability of …

Urban surfaces analysis with remote sensing data for the evaluation of UHI mitigation scenarios

F Despini, C Ferrari, G Santunione, S Tommasone… - Urban Climate, 2021 - Elsevier
Considering the new IPCC report and its recent suggestions, it is important to pay serious
attention to the Urban Heat Island issue. In this study, satellite images acquired by the …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-temporal analyses of Land Surface Temperature using Landsat-8 data and open source software: The case study of Modena, Italy

T Barbieri, F Despini, S Teggi - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
The Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon, namely urban areas where the atmospheric
temperature is significantly higher than in the surrounding rural areas, is currently a very well …

Standard test methods for rating of solar reflectance of built-up surfaces and potential use of satellite remote sensors

S Costanzini, C Ferrari, F Despini, A Muscio - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
More and more attention is being paid to the solar reflectance of built-up surfaces due to its
influence on the summer heating of buildings and urban areas and the consequent effects …

Assessing Satellite Data's Role in Substituting Ground Measurements for Urban Surfaces Characterization: A Step towards UHI Mitigation

D Parmeggiani, F Despini, S Costanzini, M Silvestri… - Atmosphere, 2024 - mdpi.com
Urban surfaces play a crucial role in shaping the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect by
absorbing and retaining significant solar radiation. This paper explores the potential of high …

Mapping summer SUHI and its impact on the environment using GIS and Remote Sensing techniques: A case study on Municipality of Prishtina (Kosovo)

A Berila, F Isufi - European Journal of Geography, 2021 - eurogeojournal.eu
Urban areas, compared to peripheral and rural areas, have higher temperatures which are
caused by a series of unplanned activities that are undertaken by humans. Such a thing …

Time Ring Data: Definition and Application in Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Urban Expansion and Forest Loss

X Liu, X Li, H Bao - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Remote sensing can provide spatio-temporal continuous Earth observation data and is
becoming the main data source for spatial and temporal analysis. Remote sensing data …

[PDF][PDF] Optical remote sensing for urban heat islands identification

SV Korniyenko, EA Dikareva - Construction of Unique Buildings …, 2022 - unistroy.spbstu.ru
The relevance of the problem of studying the mechanisms of urban heat island (UHI)
formation is confirmed by a large number of studies around the world. The research …

[PDF][PDF] 热反射技术及其在多年冻土区道路热保护中的应用

王继伟, 张明义, 夏明海, 马学良, 刘国军, 游志浪 - 冰川冻土, 2020 - bcdt.ac.cn
热反射技术是一项被广泛应用于建筑物及道路表面降温的主动冷却技术, 国内外很少对此技术在
多年冻土区道路热保护方面进行研究. 针对多年冻土区气候及工程环境特点 …