The state-of-the-art of urban climate change modeling and observations

R Hamdi, H Kusaka, QV Doan, P Cai, H He… - Earth Systems and …, 2020 - Springer
As an effect of climate change, cities need detailed information on urban climates at decision
scale that cannot be easily delivered using current observation networks, nor global and …

Impacts of landscape changes on local and regional climate: a systematic review

Q Cao, Y Liu, M Georgescu, J Wu - Landscape Ecology, 2020 - Springer
Context Studies have shown that land use and land cover change (LUCC) has myriad
impacts on local and regional climate. Synthesizing the recent findings in this field helps …

Does ozone pollution share the same formation mechanisms in the bay areas of China?

Y Zeren, B Zhou, Y Zheng, F Jiang, X Lyu… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
As important regions of transition between land and sea, the three bay areas of Bohai Bay
(BHB), Hangzhou Bay (HZB), and Pearl River Estuary (PRE) in China often suffer from …

Understanding the impact of heatwave on urban heat in greater Sydney: temporal surface energy budget change with land types

J Kong, Y Zhao, D Strebel, K Gao, J Carmeliet… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The impact of heatwaves (HWs) on urban heat island (UHI) is a contentious topic with
contradictory research findings. A comprehensive understanding of the response of urban …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of irrigation on summer precipitation over the United States

L Pei, N Moore, S Zhong, AD Kendall, Z Gao… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Irrigation's effects on precipitation during an exceptionally dry summer (June–August 2012)
in the United States were quantified by incorporating a novel dynamic irrigation scheme into …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of synoptic sea-breeze fronts on the urban heat island intensity in Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas

XM Hu, M Xue - Monthly Weather Review, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Influence of Synoptic Sea-Breeze Fronts on the Urban Heat Island Intensity in Dallas–Fort
Worth, Texas in: Monthly Weather Review Volume 144 Issue 4 (2016) Jump to Content …

Horizontal extent of the urban heat dome flow

Y Fan, Y Li, A Bejan, Y Wang, X Yang - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Urban heat dome flow, which is also referred to as urban heat island circulation, is important
for urban ventilation and pollutant transport between adjacent cities when the background …

Characterization of atmospheric trace gases and particulate matter in Hangzhou, China

G Zhang, H Xu, B Qi, R Du, K Gui… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
The Yangtze River Delta (YRD) is one of the most densely populated regions in China with
severe air quality issues that have not been fully understood. Thus, in this study, based on 1 …

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 …

Urban heat island mesoscale modelling study for the Budapest agglomeration area using the WRF model

J Göndöcs, H Breuer, R Pongrácz, J Bartholy - Urban climate, 2017 - Elsevier
The present paper evaluates modelled surface urban heat island intensities (SUHI) and
other essential urban meteorology-related variables for Budapest (located in the central part …