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 …

A global map of Local Climate Zones to support earth system modelling and urban scale environmental science

M Demuzere, J Kittner, A Martilli, G Mills… - Earth System …, 2022 - essd.copernicus.org
There is a scientific consensus on the need for spatially detailed information on urban
landscapes at a global scale. These data can support a range of environmental services …

A literature survey of local climate zone classification: Status, application, and prospect

W Feng, J Liu - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rapid urban expansion and climate change have prompted further investigations into urban
thermal climates and the development of local climate zone (LCZ) classification systems …

Integrating geographic knowledge into deep learning for spatiotemporal local climate zone mapping derived thermal environment exploration across Chinese climate …

Q Zhu, L Ran, Y Zhang, Q Guan - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Local Climate Zone (LCZ) scheme representing urban structure and land use
pattern is essential for urban heat island (UHI) research. Fine-grained LCZ mapping …

[HTML][HTML] Downscaling MODIS nighttime land surface temperatures in urban areas using ASTER thermal data through local linear forest

C Yoo, J Im, D Cho, Y Lee, D Bae… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Spatial downscaling effectively produces high spatiotemporal resolution land surface
temperature (LST) in urban areas. Although nighttime LST is an essential indicator in urban …

Potential of hybrid CNN-RF model for early crop mapping with limited input data

GH Kwak, C Park, K Lee, S Na, H Ahn, NW Park - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
When sufficient time-series images and training data are unavailable for crop classification,
features extracted from convolutional neural network (CNN)-based representative learning …

[HTML][HTML] Local climate zone classification using a multi-scale, multi-level attention network

M Kim, D Jeong, Y Kim - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Local Climate Zones (LCZ) offer a climate-aware and standardized classification
scheme composed of 17 urban and natural landscape classes. Recent deep learning-based …

Mechanisms of non-stationary influence of urban form on the diurnal thermal environment based on machine learning and MGWR analysis

J Zhao, F Guo, H Zhang, J Dong - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
The non-stationary impact of urban form at block scale on the diurnal thermal environment
has not been extensively studied. To fill the gap, a comprehensive multi-scale research …

Geographical detection of urban thermal environment based on the local climate zones: A case study in Wuhan, China

R Wang, M Wang, Z Zhang, T Hu, J Xing, Z He, X Liu - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
The urban morphology has impacts on the urban thermal environment, which has drawn
extensive attention, especially in metropolitan regions with intensive populations and high …

Comparing object-based and pixel-based methods for local climate zones mapping with multi-source data

Z Yan, L Ma, W He, L Zhou, H Lu, G Liu, G Huang - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
The local climate zones (LCZs) system, a standard framework characterizing urban form and
environment, effectively promotes urban remote sensing research, especially urban heat …