Integrated assessment of urban overheating impacts on human life

N Nazarian, ES Krayenhoff, B Bechtel… - Earth's …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Urban overheating, driven by global climate change and urban development, is a major
contemporary challenge that substantially impacts urban livability and sustainability …

Land surface and air temperature dynamics: The role of urban form and seasonality

M Naserikia, MA Hart, N Nazarian, B Bechtel… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the scarcity of air temperature (T a) observations, urban heat studies often rely on
satellite-derived Land Surface Temperature (LST) to characterise the near-surface thermal …

A mechanistic assessment of urban heat island intensities and drivers across climates

Z Zhang, A Paschalis, A Mijic, N Meili, G Manoli… - Urban Climate, 2022 - Elsevier
The urban heat island effect (UHI) has been widely observed globally, causing climate,
health, and energy impacts in cities. The UHI intensities have been found to largely depend …

Combining high-resolution land use data with crowdsourced air temperature to investigate intra-urban microclimate

J Potgieter, N Nazarian, MJ Lipson, MA Hart… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The spatial variability of land cover in cities results in a heterogeneous urban microclimate,
which is often not represented with regulatory meteorological sensor networks …

Integrating crowdsourced data in the built environment studies: A systematic review

Q Yang, B Zhang, J Chen, Y Song, X Shen - Journal of Environmental …, 2025 - Elsevier
The integration of crowdsourced data has become central to contemporary built environment
studies, driven by the rapid growth in digital technologies and participatory approaches that …

Quantifying local and mesoscale drivers of the urban heat island of moscow with reference and crowdsourced observations

M Varentsov, D Fenner, F Meier… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Urban climate features, such as the urban heat island (UHI), are determined by various
factors characterizing the modifications of the surface by the built environment and human …

Differences in the intensity of surface and canopy-layer urban heat islands in Europe

L Krelaus, J Apfel, P Sismanidis… - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The satellite-derived surface urban heat island is often not properly distinguished from the in
situ derived canopy-layer urban heat island in the field of remote sensing of urban climates …

The importance of crowdsourced observations for urban climate services

TD Mitchell, MJ Fry - International Journal of Climatology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Crowdsourced observation networks are typically much more dense than those maintained
by National Meteorological Services, and sample a much wider range of local climates. This …

Multi-city analysis of satellite surface temperature compared to crowdsourced air temperature

M Naserikia, N Nazarian, MA Hart… - Environmental …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Many urban heat studies have been conducted on a city-by-city basis, primarily focusing on
summer days, overlooking the broader impact of background climate, seasonality, and …