Green and cool roofs to mitigate urban heat island effects in the Chicago metropolitan area: Evaluation with a regional climate model

A Sharma, P Conry, HJS Fernando… - Environmental …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The effects of urban heat islands (UHIs) have a substantial bearing on the sustainability of
cities and environs. This paper examines the efficacy of green and cool roofs as potential …

Influence of temperature, relative humidity and seasonal variability on ambient air quality in a coastal urban area

R Jayamurugan, B Kumaravel… - International Journal …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The concentration of air pollutants in ambient air is governed by the meteorological
parameters such as atmospheric wind speed, wind direction, relative humidity, and …

[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 …

Tethered balloon-based black carbon profiles within the lower troposphere of Shanghai in the 2013 East China smog

J Li, Q Fu, J Huo, D Wang, W Yang, Q Bian… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - Elsevier
A Tethered balloon-based field campaign was launched for the vertical observation of air
pollutants within the lower troposphere of 1000 m for the first time over a Chinese megacity …

Atmospheric conditions and air quality assessment over NEOM, kingdom of Saudi Arabia

HP Dasari, S Desamsetti, S Langodan… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
NEOM is an under-development transnational city and economic zone spread over an area
of 26,500 km 2 along the northern Red Sea coast of the Kingdom Saudi Arabia, bordering …

Three-dimensional analysis of ozone and PM2.5 distributions obtained by observations of tethered balloon and unmanned aerial vehicle in Shanghai, China

XB Li, D Wang, QC Lu, ZR Peng, Q Fu, XM Hu… - … Research and Risk …, 2018 - Springer
A lightweight unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a tethered balloon platform were jointly
used to investigate three-dimensional distributions of ozone and PM 2.5 concentrations …

Vertical distribution of volatile organic compounds within the lower troposphere in late spring of Shanghai

K Zhang, G Xiu, L Zhou, Q Bian, Y Duan, D Fei… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - Elsevier
Air pollution has become one of the most stubborn environmental problem in China, the
traditional environmental monitoring mainly focus on the horizontal distribution of the …

Simulation of surface ozone pollution in the central gulf coast region using WRF/Chem Model: Sensitivity to PBL and Land Surface Physics

A Yerramilli, VS Challa, VBR Dodla… - Advances in …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The fully coupled WRF/Chem (Weather Research and Forecasting/Chemistry) model is used
to simulate air quality in the Mississippi Gulf coastal region at a high resolution (4 km) for a …

Urban cooling potential and cost comparison of heat mitigation techniques for their impact on the lower atmosphere

A Khan, L Carlosena, S Khorat, R Khatun… - Computational Urban …, 2023 - Springer
Cool materials and rooftop vegetation help achieve urban heating mitigation as they can
reduce building cooling demands. This study assesses the cooling potential of different …

[HTML][HTML] Simulation of surface ozone pollution in the Central Gulf Coast region during summer synoptic condition using WRF/Chem air quality model

A Yerramilli, VS Challa, VBR Dodla, LT Myles… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2012 - Elsevier
WRF/Chem, a fully coupled meteorology–chemistry model, was used for the simulation of
surface ozone pollution over the Central Gulf Coast region in Southeast United States of …