Cooling hot cities: a systematic and critical review of the numerical modelling literature

ES Krayenhoff, AM Broadbent, L Zhao… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Infrastructure-based heat reduction strategies can help cities adapt to high temperatures, but
simulations of their cooling potential yield widely varying predictions. We systematically …

Experimental study of urban microclimate on scaled street canyons with various aspect ratios

J Hang, G Chen - Urban Climate, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban geometry influences urban microclimate by changing both radiation and ventilation
processes. Full-scale experiments provide significant information on urban microclimate but …

Assessment of the dispersion of pollutants from automobile exhaust, taking into account relative humidity, pavement temperature, wind direction and speed, which …

A Issakhov, A Abylkassymova - … Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the spread of pollutants in a residential area of Almaty city. To
implement the problem, special attention is paid to taking into account real weather …

Numerical analysis of solid barrier heights and trees with porosity properties influence on the automobile's emission dispersion in the residential area

A Issakhov, A Abylkassymova - Ecological Modelling, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper is investigated the comprehensive study of the nitrogen dioxide pollution
distribution in a specific street in Almaty city, Kazakhstan. It was given a generalized …

Novel geometric parameters for assessing flow over realistic versus idealized urban arrays

J Lu, N Nazarian, MA Hart… - Journal of Advances …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Urban heterogeneity, such as the variation of street layouts, building shapes, and building
heights, cannot be fully represented by density parameters commonly used in idealized …

Representing the effects of building height variability on urban canopy flow

J Lu, N Nazarian, MA Hart… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We conducted large‐eddy simulations over 98 urban arrays with varying building densities
and height distributions. Compared with uniform‐height urban arrays, the influence of height …

[HTML][HTML] How do street trees affect urban temperatures and radiation exchange? Observations and numerical evaluation in a highly compact city

R Segura, ES Krayenhoff, A Martilli, A Badia, C Estruch… - Urban climate, 2022 - Elsevier
Street trees are an important driver of street microclimate through shading and transpirative
cooling, which are key mechanisms for improving thermal comfort in urban areas. Urban …

A comprehensive indoor–outdoor urban climate model with hydrology: The Vertical City Weather Generator (VCWG v2. 0.0)

M Moradi, ES Krayenhoff, AA Aliabadi - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban climate models can predict the environmental impacts of urban development by
simulating the exchange processes between the atmosphere and urban surfaces. A …

Modeling and analysis of the effects of barrier height on automobiles emission dispersion

A Issakhov, P Omarova - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, a mathematical model has been developed that describes the characteristics
of fluid flow and dispersion of pollutants in a certain quarter of Almaty city, Kazakhstan. The …

Parameterization of the Interaction between the Atmosphere and the Urban Surface: Current State and Prospects

MA Tarasova, MI Varentsov, VM Stepanenko - Izvestiya, Atmospheric and …, 2023 - Springer
Cities have a significant impact on the environment, forming microclimatic features such as
urban heat island, an increase in the intensity of convective weather events, etc. Numerical …