Co-occurrence of urban heat and the COVID-19: Impacts, drivers, methods, and implications for the post-pandemic era

W Wang, BJ He - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Cities, the main place of human settlements, are under various mega challenges such as
climate change, population increase, economic growth, urbanization, and pandemic …

Quantification of anthropogenic heat and simulation of its effects on environment and climate: A comprehensive review

Y Lu, Z Shao, H Lu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic heat (AH), a source of physical pollution, has a profound influence on
climate, air quality, and human health. Consequently, it is important to accurately quantify …

WRF-based scenario experiment research on urban heat island: A review

D Zhu, R Ooka - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Urbanization leads to an increase in urban heat islands (UHIs), which is a cause for concern
because they endanger the ecological environment and human health. Scenario …

Understanding the impact of heatwave on urban heat in greater Sydney: temporal surface energy budget change with land types

J Kong, Y Zhao, D Strebel, K Gao, J Carmeliet… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The impact of heatwaves (HWs) on urban heat island (UHI) is a contentious topic with
contradictory research findings. A comprehensive understanding of the response of urban …

A systematic review investigating linear infrastructure effects on Urban Heat Island (UHIULI) and its interaction with UHI typologies

E Mirabi, PJ Davies - Urban Climate, 2022 - Elsevier
Urbanisation is a global trend resulting in more people living in cities. This has led to
changes in urban morphology and microclimates explained by the urban heat island (UHI) …

Spatial and temporal variation of land surface temperature and its spatially heterogeneous response in the urban agglomeration on the northern slopes of the …

X Zhang, A Kasimu, H Liang, B Wei, Y Aizizi - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
An in-depth study of the influence mechanism of oasis land surface temperature (LST) in
arid regions is essential to promote the stable development of the ecological environment in …

Exploring the impacts of heat release of vehicles on urban heat mitigation in Sendai, Japan using WRF model integrated with urban LCZ

X Zhou, M Yamamoto, S Yan, Y Ishida, M Cai… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Studies have been conducted globally on urban heat countermeasures utilizing Weather
Research and Forecasting (WRF) numerical modeling system. Yet, the effects of vehicle …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical simulation of the impact of urbanization on climate in Taihu Lake Basin

M Hao, C Gao, C Gu, T Hou, Y Zhang - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
It is interesting to study the impact of urbanization on climate in the Taihu Lake Basin. This
study employed the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to simulate the Taihu …