Solar photovoltaics deployment impact on urban temperature: review and assessment recommendations

Y He, DJC Hii, NH Wong - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change necessitates widespread adoption of renewable energy for carbon
neutrality. Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels are among the most viable options, particularly in …

City-descriptive input data for urban climate models: Model requirements, data sources and challenges

V Masson, W Heldens, E Bocher, M Bonhomme… - Urban Climate, 2020 - Elsevier
Cities are particularly vulnerable to meteorological hazards because of the concentration of
population, goods, capital stock and infrastructure. Urban climate services require multi …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling aerosol transport and virus exposure with numerical simulations in relation to SARS-CoV-2 transmission by inhalation indoors

V Vuorinen, M Aarnio, M Alava, V Alopaeus… - Safety science, 2020 - Elsevier
We provide research findings on the physics of aerosol and droplet dispersion relevant to
the hypothesized aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during the current pandemic. We …

Machine learning framework for high-resolution air temperature downscaling using LiDAR-derived urban morphological features

F Chajaei, H Bagheri - Urban Climate, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate models lack the necessary resolution for urban climate studies, requiring
computationally intensive processes to estimate high resolution air temperatures. In contrast …

Connecting land–atmosphere interactions to surface heterogeneity in CHEESEHEAD19

BJ Butterworth, AR Desai… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-Balance Study Enabled by
a High-Density Extensive Array of Detectors 2019 (CHEESEHEAD19) is an ongoing …

A conservative immersed boundary method for the multi-physics urban large-eddy simulation model uDALES v2. 0

SO Owens, D Majumdar, CE Wilson… - Geoscientific Model …, 2024 - gmd.copernicus.org
Abstract uDALES is an open-source multi-physics microscale urban modelling tool, capable
of performing large-eddy simulation (LES) of urban airflow, heat transfer, and pollutant …

Summer thermal comfort in Czech cities: measured effects of blue and green features in city centres

M Lehnert, V Tokar, M Jurek, J Geletič - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
This study consists of nine case studies addressing thermal comfort in the public areas of
city centres, with particular emphasis on the measurable effects of blue and green …

Review of user-friendly models to improve the urban micro-climate

B Jänicke, D Milošević, S Manavvi - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
Various micro-scale models for comparing alternative design concepts have been
developed in recent decades. The objective of this study is to provide an overview of current …

Improving air quality through urban form optimization: A review study

S Li, B Zou, X Ma, N Liu, Z Zhang, M **e, L Zhi - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Air pollution is a significant global environmental issue. Nevertheless, the importance of
rational urban planning in mitigating it is frequently disregarded. Conducting air quality …

Wind farm control technologies: from classical control to reinforcement learning

H Dong, J **e, X Zhao - Progress in Energy, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Wind power plays a vital role in the global effort towards net zero. A recent figure shows that
93GW new wind capacity was installed worldwide in 2020, leading to a 53% year-on-year …