Landsat analysis of urban growth: How Tokyo became the world's largest megacity during the last 40 years

H Bagan, Y Yamagata - Remote sensing of Environment, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Combining remote sensing data and socio-economic data to quantitatively analyze urban
growth is a topic growing in importance. We used square grid cells to investigate the spatial …

WRF simulations of urban heat island under hot-weather synoptic conditions: The case study of Hangzhou City, China

F Chen, X Yang, W Zhu - Atmospheric research, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The urban heat island (UHI) effect over Hangzhou, east China during a long-lasting heat
wave was simulated by a weather research and forecasting (WRF) model coupled with an …

Seasonal variations of the urban heat island at the surface and the near-surface and reductions due to urban vegetation in Mexico City

YY Cui, B De Foy - Journal of Applied Meteorology and …, 2012‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
The contrast of vegetation cover in urban and surrounding areas modulates the magnitude
of the urban heat island (UHI). This paper examines the seasonal variations of the UHI using …

Current challenges in orographic flow dynamics: turbulent exchange due to low-level gravity-wave processes

SB Vosper, AN Ross, IA Renfrew, P Sheridan… - Atmosphere, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
This paper examines current understanding of the influence of orographic flow dynamics on
the turbulent transport of momentum and scalar quantities above complex terrain. It …

Comparisons of the circulation anomalies associated with extreme heat in different regions of eastern China

R Chen, R Lu - Journal of Climate, 2015‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
The circulation associated with extreme heat (EH) typically shows an anomalous anticyclone
that enhances temperature through adiabatic heating, but this study indicates obvious …

Effects of anthropogenic heat due to air-conditioning systems on an extreme high temperature event in Hong Kong

Y Wang, Y Li, SD Sabatino, A Martilli… - Environmental …, 2018‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Anthropogenic heat flux is the heat generated by human activities in the urban canopy layer,
which is considered the main contributor to the urban heat island (UHI). The UHI can in turn …

Numerical simulation of urban heat island effect by the WRF model with 4-km grid increment: An inter-comparison study between the urban canopy model and slab …

H Kusaka, F Chen, M Tewari, J Dudhia, DO Gill… - 気象集誌. 第 2 …, 2012‏ - jlc.jst.go.jp
The present study applies the WRF model involving the single-layer urban canopy model
(hereafter, WRF_UCM) to urban climate simulation of the Tokyo metropolitan area for August …

Urban climate changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: integration of urban-building-energy model with social big data

Y Takane, K Nakajima, Y Kikegawa - npj Climate and Atmospheric …, 2022‏ - nature.com
The changes in human behaviour associated with the spread of COVID-19 infections have
changed the urban environment. However, little is known about the extent to which they …

Decadal changes in the interannual variability of heat waves in East Asia caused by atmospheric teleconnection changes

N Choi, MI Lee, DH Cha, YK Lim, KM Kim - Journal of Climate, 2020‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
The heat wave in East Asia is examined by using empirical orthogonal function analysis to
isolate dominant heat-wave patterns in the ground-based temperature observations over the …

Influence of foehn winds of Truong Son Mountains on the high temperatures observed in North-Central Vietnam during 31 May–5 June 2017

H Kusaka, Y Imai, H Kobayashi… - Journal of Applied …, 2024‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
North-central Vietnam often experiences high temperatures. Foehn winds originating from
the Truong Son Mountains (also known as Laos winds) are believed to contribute to …