Globally, urbanization-driven changes in Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) jeopardize
Land Surface Temperatures (LSTs) and the outdoor thermal comfort of urban residents …

Extreme heatwaves in tropical cities represent a significant short-term weather challenge,
directly impacting urban heat, exacerbating human discomfort, and increasing energy …

The Python-based WUDAPT-to-WRF (W2W) package is developed to translate Local
Climate Zone (LCZ) maps into urban canopy parameters readable by WRF, the community …

Green infrastructure (GI) can act as an effective cooling strategy to mitigate the urban heat
island effect. The complex interdependencies in the built environment make it challenging to …

An obstacle to the modeling of strategies to mitigate extreme urban temperatures is
frequently the lack of on-site meteorological data. The current study thus reports on a …

China's lockdown to control COVID-19 brought significant declines in air pollutant
emissions, but haze was still a serious problem in North China Plain (NCP) during late …

Through an analysis of land use and land cover (LULC) data for the years 2005 and 2017
from the Advanced Wide Field Sensor onboard the Indian Remote Sensing satellite, we find …

The urban agglomeration of Delhi, the capital city of India is projected to be the world's
largest city by 2030. This study explores and attempts to quantify the change in land …

Accurate representation of the land use/land cover (LULC) in the Weather Research and
Forecasting (WRF) model has been shown to be crucial for improved simulation of surface …

Nitrate is an increasingly important component of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) in Chinese
cities. The production of nitrate is not only related to the abundance of its precursor, but also …