Influence of evaporative cooling by urban forests on cooling demand in cities

JL Moss, KJ Doick, S Smith, M Shahrestani - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2019 - Elsevier
Trees provide important ecosystem services to urban human society. Their absence can
lead to more pronounced environmental and social consequences, for example the urban …

Scintillometry in urban and complex environments: a review

HC Ward - Measurement Science and Technology, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Knowledge of turbulent exchange in complex environments is relevant to a wide
range of hydro-meteorological applications. Observations are required to improve …

Source area definition for local climate zones studies. A systematic review

MN Peiró, CSG Sánchez, FJN González - Building and Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The correct contextualisation of urban measurements is one of the challenges that urban
climate researchers have been dealing with for decades. The Local Climate Zones scheme …

[HTML][HTML] Urban finescale forecasting reveals weather conditions with unprecedented detail

RJ Ronda, GJ Steeneveld… - Bulletin of the …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Urban Finescale Forecasting Reveals Weather Conditions with Unprecedented Detail in:
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Volume 98 Issue 12 (2017) Jump to …

Simulating the impact of urban development pathways on the local climate: A scenario-based analysis in the greater Dublin region, Ireland

PJ Alexander, R Fealy, GM Mills - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, the impact of different urban development scenarios on neighbourhood climate
are examined. The investigation considers the relative impact differing policy/planning …

urbisphere -Berlin Campaign: Investigating Multiscale Urban Impacts on the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

D Fenner, A Christen, S Grimmond… - Bulletin of the …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
For next-generation weather and climate numerical models to resolve cities, both higher
spatial resolution and subgrid parameterizations of urban canopy–atmosphere processes …

Intercomparison of surface energy fluxes, soil moisture, and evapotranspiration from eddy covariance, large-aperture scintillometer, and modeling across three …

P Valayamkunnath, V Sridhar, W Zhao… - Agricultural and forest …, 2018 - Elsevier
A comprehensive seasonal and interannual energy partition and flux analyses were
conducted to differentiate three ecosystems including sagebrush, cheatgrass, and lodgepole …

A comparison of optical and microwave scintillometers with eddy covariance derived surface heat fluxes

MS Yee, VRN Pauwels, E Daly, J Beringer… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2015 - Elsevier
Accurate measurements of energy fluxes between land and atmosphere are important for
understanding and modeling climatic patterns. Several methods are available to measure …

Variability of physical meteorology in urban areas at different scales: implications for air quality

D Hertwig, S Grimmond, S Kotthaus… - Faraday …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Air quality in cities is influenced not only by emissions and chemical transformations but also
by the physical state of the atmosphere which varies both temporally and spatially …

Methodology to evaluate numerical weather predictions using large‐aperture scintillometry sensible heat fluxes: Demonstration in London

B Saunders, S Grimmond, D Hertwig… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
To evaluate numerical weather predictions (NWP) using observations, the horizontal,
vertical and temporal resolution characteristics need to be considered to ensure …