Fine-scale modeling of the urban heat island: A comparison of multiple linear regression and random forest approaches

GY Oukawa, P Krecl, AC Targino - Science of the total environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Characterizing the spatiotemporal variability of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) and its drivers is
a key step in leveraging thermal comfort to create not only healthier cities, but also to …

Microscale models and urban heat island studies: A systematic review

L Vieira Zezzo, P Pereira Coltri, V Dubreuil - Environmental Monitoring and …, 2023 - Springer
Urban climate analysis usually uses data from weather stations, traverse, or satellite images.
However, this methodology also has its limitations, since the series of data for climate …

A first approach to human biometeorology research in Brazil: a systematic review and meta-analysis

EL Krüger, JPA Gobo, AS Nedel… - International journal of …, 2022 - Springer
This systematic review aims to give an overview of the diversity of research areas related to
human biometeorology in Brazil. The main focus of this paper addresses research trends …

[HTML][HTML] Street trees and urban heat island in Glasgow: mitigation through the 'Avenues Programme'

O Ananyeva, R Emmanuel - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2023 - Elsevier
Glasgow, Scotland, is embarking on an ambitious plan to convert all city centre
thoroughfares into tree-lined streets (the 'Avenues Programme') to make the city centre more …

Urban heat island of Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration in China: Multi-time scale characteristics and influencing factors

X Zhang, L Chen, W Jiang, X Jin - Urban Climate, 2022 - Elsevier
Because the scale of the urban agglomeration is much bigger than that of a single city, the
urban agglomeration may present different spatio-temporal urban heat island (UHI) patterns …

Determining influence of urban morphology on air temperature and heat index with hourly emphasis

R Kotharkar, P Dongarsane, R Keskar - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Assessing the impact of urban morphology on micrometeorological indicators has become
of great significance due to rapid urbanization. Heat Index (HI) is one such indicator that …

Impact of land cover transformation on urban heat islands in Harbin, China

SD Yabo, D Fu, B Li, X Shi, S Thapa, X Shengjin… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
At the local and regional climate scale, one of the most studied environmental issues is
urban heat island (UHI). UHI is a thermal anomaly caused by temperature differences …

Mapping the time-varying spatial heterogeneity of temperature processes over the urban landscape of Augsburg, Germany

M Wild, S Behm, C Beck, J Cyrys, A Schneider, K Wolf… - Urban Climate, 2022 - Elsevier
Generating high-resolution spatial interpolations of temperature processes is a vital task for
studying urban climate anomalies and their various consequences. Such processes often …

Solar reflection and effect of roof surfaces material characteristics in heat island mitigation: toward green building and urban sustainability in Ha'il, Saudi Arabia

M Boujelbene, I Boukholda, T Guesmi… - … Journal of Low …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Several materials have the ability to absorb, accumulate and transmit solar radiation to their
surrounding environment. The thermal island effect and micro-climate of urban areas are …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal impacts of urban land use/land cover changes on land surface temperature: A comparative study of damascus and aleppo (syria)

MA Mohamed - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
Monitoring the impact of changes in land use/land cover (LULC) and land surface
temperature (LST) is of great importance in environmental and urban studies. In this context …