Review of methods used to estimate the sky view factor in urban street canyons

C Miao, S Yu, Y Hu, H Zhang, X He, W Chen - Building and environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The sky view factor (SVF) is the ratio of the visible sky area of a point in space to the total sky
area. It provides the relationship between the visible sky area and covered surroundings …

Sky View Factor footprints for urban climate modeling

A Middel, J Lukasczyk, R Maciejewski, M Demuzere… - Urban climate, 2018 - Elsevier
Urban morphology is an important multidimensional variable to consider in climate modeling
and observations, because it significantly drives the local and micro-scale climatic variability …

Retrieval of three-dimensional tree canopy and shade using terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) data to analyze the cooling effect of vegetation

F Kong, W Yan, G Zheng, H Yin, G Cavan… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2016 - Elsevier
Urban warming has become a serious problem due to global warming and rapid
urbanization. One important phenomenon is the increasing urban heat island (UHI) effect …

Impact of 3-D urban landscape patterns on the outdoor thermal environment: A modelling study with SOLWEIG

F Kong, J Chen, A Middel, H Yin, M Li, T Sun… - … , environment and urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
With global warming and rapid urban growth, cities get warmer, which poses additional
stress on human thermal comfort and health. Complex three-dimensional (3D) urban forms …

A simplified skyline-based method for estimating the annual solar energy potential in urban environments

A Calcabrini, H Ziar, O Isabella, M Zeman - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
Architects, engineers and urban planners have today at their disposal several tools for
simulating the energy yield of photovoltaic systems. These tools are based on mathematical …

How the morphology of urban street canyons affects suspended particulate matter concentration at the pedestrian level: An in-situ investigation

C Miao, S Yu, Y Hu, R Bu, L Qi, X He… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Exposure to near-ground air pollution in urban street canyons poses a serious threat to
pedestrian health. To develop design guidelines for air quality improvement, correlations …

Investigating urban heat island through spatial analysis of New York City streetscapes

RR Shaker, Y Altman, C Deng, E Vaz… - Journal of cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cities experience the urban heat island (UHI), which continue to pose challenges for
humanity's increasingly urban population. Past research has revealed that land cover …

A correction method for calculating sky view factor in urban canyons using fisheye images

Y Song, T Zhang, F Qi - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sky View Factor (SVF) is a critical parameter for studying the thermal
environment of buildings theoretically. However, there are two main definitions of SVF, one …

A human-centred assessment framework to prioritise heat mitigation efforts for active travel at city scale

QC Sun, T Macleod, A Both, J Hurley, A Butt… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hot weather not only impacts upon human physical comfort and health, but also impacts the
way that people access and experience active travel options such as walking and cycling …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial temperature differences in local climate zones of Seoul metropolitan area during a heatwave

C Yi, HG Kwon, H Yang - Urban Climate, 2022 - Elsevier
This study analysed the spatial temperature differences among urban structural
environments with different meteorological elements, and radiant fluxes in the energy …