Urban environments lie at the confluence of social, cultural, and economic activities and
have unique biophysical characteristics due to continued infrastructure development that …

Atmospheric boundary-layer dynamics over heterogeneous surfaces is significant to a wide
array of geophysical and engineering applications. Yet, despite over five decades of intense …

Urbanization extensively modifies surface roughness and properties, impacting regional
climate and hydrological cycles. Urban effects on temperature and precipitation have drawn …

The urban heat island effect (UHI) has been widely observed globally, causing climate,
health, and energy impacts in cities. The UHI intensities have been found to largely depend …

Atmospheric stability can significantly influence the spreading of wind-turbine wakes. The
previous studies often coupled atmospheric stability with the turbulence intensity and …

Non-stationarity is the rule in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). Under such conditions,
the flow may experience departures from equilibrium with the underlying surface stress …

Increasing urbanization, evolving urban landscapes, and growing populations require an
accurate representation of urban areas and urban processes at microscale, regional, and …

The Arctic is undergoing rapid changes due to global warming, including the expansion of
the marginal ice zone (MIZ), a zone of mixed ice and open water surfaces. To predict the …

Thermally unstable stratification alters the winds over urban areas and excites organized,
large-scale motions (LSMs) in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). The current …

The response of boundary layer properties and cloudiness to changes in surface
evaporative fraction (EF) is investigated in a single-column model to quantify the locally …