Urban environments lie at the confluence of social, cultural, and economic activities and
have unique biophysical characteristics due to continued infrastructure development that …

The rapid urbanization and growing number of megacities and urban complexes requires
new types of research and services that make best use of science and available technology …

Urban geometry influences urban microclimate by changing both radiation and ventilation
processes. Full-scale experiments provide significant information on urban microclimate but …

SURFEX is a new externalized land and ocean surface platform that describes the surface
fluxes and the evolution of four types of surfaces: nature, town, inland water and ocean. It is …

The global trend towards urbanisation explains the growing interest in the study of the
modification of the urban climate due to the heat island effect and global warming, and its …

Vegetation alters urban climates via transpirational cooling; however, unlike shorter
vegetation, trees additionally provide shade and shelter. Urban canopy models (UCMs) are …

This study examined the impact of cool roofs, green roofs, and solar panel roofs on near-
surface temperature and cooling energy demand through regional modeling in the Chicago …

Cities are particularly vulnerable to meteorological hazards because of the concentration of
population, goods, capital stock and infrastructure. Urban climate services require multi …

One of the major obstacles to using numerical weather prediction models for guidance on
mitigating urbanization's impact on local and regional climate is the lack of detailed and …

This study evaluates the performance of urban schemes integrated in the Weather Research
and Forecasting model (WRF) using Local Climate Zones (LCZ) as land use classification …