Urban climates and climate change

V Masson, A Lemonsu, J Hidalgo… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Cities are particularly vulnerable to extreme weather episodes, which are expected to
increase with climate change. Cities also influence their own local climate, for example …

Opportunistic remote sensing of rainfall using microwave links from cellular communication networks

R Uijlenhoet, A Overeem… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Microwave backhaul links from cellular communication networks provide a valuable
“opportunistic” source of high‐resolution space–time rainfall information, complementing …

Measurements and observations in the XXI century (MOXXI): Innovation and multi-disciplinarity to sense the hydrological cycle

F Tauro, J Selker, N Van De Giesen… - Hydrological sciences …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
To promote the advancement of novel observation techniques that may lead to new sources
of information to help better understand the hydrological cycle, the International Association …

Large humidity effects on urban heat exposure and cooling challenges under climate change

J Yang, L Zhao, K Oleson - Environmental Research Letters, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Many urban climates are characterized by increased temperature and decreased relative
humidity, under climate change and compared to surrounding rural landscapes. The two …

CrowdQC+—a quality-control for crowdsourced air-temperature observations enabling world-wide urban climate applications

D Fenner, B Bechtel, M Demuzere, J Kittner… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, the collection and utilisation of crowdsourced data has gained attention in
atmospheric sciences and citizen weather stations (CWS), ie, privately-owned weather …

Leveraging modern artificial intelligence for remote sensing and NWP: Benefits and challenges

SA Boukabara, V Krasnopolsky… - Bulletin of the …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques have had significant recent successes in multiple fields.
These fields and the fields of satellite remote sensing and NWP share the same fundamental …

Development and application of a statistically-based quality control for crowdsourced air temperature data

A Napoly, T Grassmann, F Meier… - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
In urban areas, dense atmospheric observational networks with high-quality data are still a
challenge due to high costs for installation and maintenance over time. Citizen weather …

A novel lumped thermal characteristic modeling strategy for the online adaptive temperature and parameter co-estimation of vehicle lithium-ion batteries

H Shi, L Wang, S Wang, C Fernandez, X Xiong… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Accurate modeling of thermal characteristics is critical to the safe use and reliable
management of lithium-ion batteries. However, limitations in sensors and testing methods …

Surface air temperature differences of intra-and inter-local climate zones across diverse timescales and climates

S Jiang, W Zhan, P Dong, C Wang, J Li, S Miao… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The local climate zone (LCZ) scheme has been widely used in urban heat island studies in
the past decade. However, the general principle of LCZ surface air temperature (SAT) …

[HTML][HTML] Transformational IoT sensing for air pollution and thermal exposures

J Pantelic, N Nazarian, C Miller, F Meggers… - Frontiers in Built …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Today's cities encounter significant challenges concerning urbanization and population
growth, resource availability, and climate change. Concurrently, unparalleled datasets are …