The outdoor thermal comfort assessment of different urban configurations within Akure City, Nigeria

IA Balogun, MT Daramola - Urban Climate, 2019 - Elsevier
The outdoor thermal comfort condition of Akure city has been assessed in this study. Four
locations within the city (Airport, Ijapo, Alagbaka and Oja Oba) with varying urban settings …

Flow patterns and heat transfer of an idealized square city in non-uniform heat flux and different background wind conditions

X Teng, Y Zhang, Y Fan, J Ge - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
The city scale buoyancy-driven flow is crucial for the wind and thermal environment in urban
areas, exerting a significant impact on the city ventilation, pollutants dispersion and heat …

Analysis of the urban surface thermal condition based on sky-view factor and vegetation cover

MT Daramola, IA Balogun - Remote Sensing Applications: Society and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The analysis of the surface thermal condition within the urban area of Akure City, Nigeria,
has been investigated in this study. Surface heat flux, which is an expression of the thermal …

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 …

Local determinants of household gas and electricity consumption in Randstad region, Netherlands: application of geographically weighted regression

B Mashhoodi, A van Timmeren - Spatial Information Research, 2018 - Springer
The previous studies on household energy consumption (HEC) are based on an implicit
assumption: the impact of geographic determinants on HEC is uniform across a given …

Assessment of the thermal response of variations in land surface around an urban area

MT Daramola, EO Eresanya, KA Ishola - Modeling Earth Systems and …, 2018 - Springer
The ancient city of Ibadan has experienced major development and this development has
led to modifications of the land surface over the years. This study assessed the changes that …

Analyzing the effect of view factors on surface heat flux, surface temperature, and vegetation cover

ND Yıldız, F Erdem, SB Acet, U Avdan - Environmental Science and …, 2023 - Springer
With the increase in population in cities, economic, social, and environmental problems
continue to increase, and it is thought that the microclimatic conditions created by these …

Local climate zone classification of surface energy flux distribution within an urban area of a hot-humid tropical city

MT Daramola, IA Balogun - Urban Climate, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, the surface energy flux distribution within Akure city, Nigeria, was assessed
using a remote sensing-based model. The Surface Energy Balance over Land (SEBAL) …

The impact of urban green areas on the surface thermal environment of a tropical city: a case study of Ibadan, Nigeria

IA Balogun, MT Daramola - Spatial information research, 2019 - Springer
This study assesses the relative impact of green areas on the surface thermal characteristics
of an urban area. From this study, the existence of the Park Cool Island (PCI) around the …

Human outdoor thermal comfort assessment in a tropical region: a case study

CA Njoku, MT Daramola - Earth Systems and Environment, 2019 - Springer
The thermal environment where human beings dwell is vital to the proper functioning of the
human body system. This study assesses the outdoor thermal comfort conditions of five …