Identifying research progress, focuses, and prospects of local climate zone (LCZ) using bibliometrics and critical reviews [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 The local climate zone (LCZ) has been an important land surface classification used to differentiate urban climate between localities. The general knowledge maps of LCZ studies are needed when LCZ-related research has attracted great attention.
Ping Yu Fan, Qing He, Yi Zhou Tao
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Local Climate Zone (LCZ) Map Accuracy Assessments Should Account for Land Cover Physical Characteristics that Affect the Local Thermal Environment [PDF]
Remote Sensing, 2019 Local climate zone (LCZ) maps are increasingly being used to help understand and model the urban microclimate, but traditional land use/land cover map (LULC) accuracy assessment approaches do not convey the accuracy at which LCZ maps depict the local ...
Brian Alan Johnson +1 more
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LCZ Generator: A Web Application to Create Local Climate Zone Maps [PDF]
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021 Since their introduction in 2012, Local Climate Zones (LCZs) emerged as a new standard for characterizing urban landscapes, providing a holistic classification approach that takes into account micro-scale land-cover and associated physical properties. In
Matthias Demuzere +2 more
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Climate, 2023 The Local Climate Zone (LCZ) classification system is used in this study to analyze the impacts of urban morphology on a surface urban heat island (SUHI).
Ayyoob Sharifi
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Urban morphology dataset of Reunion Island based on the local climate zone classification using satellite imagery and GIS dataMendeley Data [PDF]
Data in BriefThis dataset provides a high-resolution spatial classification of urban morphology on Reunion Island, France, using a 100 m x 100 m grid based on the Local Climate Zone (LCZ) framework.
Alexandre Lefevre +4 more
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Dynamic urban morphology mapping in Chinese cities based on local climate zone approach [PDF]
Scientific DataUrbanization have been significantly reshaping the form of urban areas and natural landscapes, leading to complex urban morphologies. In 2012, the Local Climate Zone (LCZ) classification was proposed to address this issue and has since been widely ...
Hanguang Yu +7 more
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Remote SensingLocal Climate Zone (LCZ) classification is essential for urban microclimate modeling and heat mitigation planning. Traditional methods relying on manual sampling face limitations in scalability, objectivity, and handling spatial heterogeneity. This study
Wenbo Li +3 more
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LandUrbanization is a multifaceted process characterized by changes in urban areas through various means, such as sprawl, ribbon development, or infill and compact growth.
Jaime Solís-Guzmán, Nadia Falah
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Planning cooler cities through integration of UAV thermal imagery and GIS in local climate zone studies. [PDF]
Sci RepUrban microclimates result from complex interactions between buildings, vegetation, and human activities, impacting energy consumption, air quality, and urban planning.
Sütçüoğlu GG, Kalaycı A.
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DF4LCZ: A SAM-Empowered Data Fusion Framework for Scene-Level Local Climate Zone Classification [PDF]
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote SensingRecent advances in remote sensing technologies have highlighted their capability for accurate classification of local climate zones (LCZs). However, traditional methods using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) often fall short of effectively ...
Man-On Pun, Jialu Sui, Xianping Ma
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