The severity and frequency of short-duration, but damaging, urban area floods have
increased in recent years across the world. Alteration to the urban micro-climate due to …

Despite research on urban heat island (UHI) effect has increased exponentially over the last
few decades, a systematic review of factors contributing to UHI effect has scarcely been …

Urban heat island (UHI) is a major anthropogenic alteration on Earth environments and its
geospatial pattern remains poorly understood over large areas. Using MODIS data from …

In recent years, the conceptual detail of hydrological models has dramatically increased as a
result of improved computational techniques and the availability of spatially-distributed …

Urban heat island (UHI) is one major anthropogenic modification to the Earth system that
transcends its physical boundary. Using MODIS data from 2003 to 2012, we showed that the …

The trade-off between the temporal and spatial resolutions, and/or the influence of cloud
cover, makes it difficult to obtain continuous fine-scale satellite data for surface urban heat …

Urbanization and urban population growth are increasing every day across the world. The
replacement of natural surfaces with artificial surfaces such as bitumen, asphalt, and cement …

The southern United States is characterized by a humid, subtropical climate and consists of
16 states (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky …

Precipitation is a key link in the global water cycle and a proxy for changing climate;
therefore, proper assessment of the urban environment's impact on precipitation (land use …

Climate change has been a prominent issue in the last decade. Climate change on a global
scale does not necessarily have the same effect in different regions. Rainfall is a crucial …