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Local Climatic Zoning and Urban Heat Island in Beirut
Procedia Engineering, 2016 Abstract Local Climate Zones (LCZ) form a systematic classification scheme that is used nowadays for zoning and categorization of the internal structure of urban areas for various applications including urban climatology. This paper applies local climatic zoning mapping for Beirut, a dense city situated along the Mediterranean Sea, and provides ...
Kaloustian, N., Bechtel, B.
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PRISMA Hyperspectral Satellite Imagery Application to Local Climate Zones Mapping [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information SciencesThe urban heat island effect exacerbates the vulnerability of cities to climate change, emphasizing the need for sustainable urban planning driven by data evidence.
A. Vavassori +8 more
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Remote Sensing, 2022 Local climate zones (LCZs) provide a comprehensive framework to examine surface urban heat islands (SUHIs), but information is lacking on their thermal contributions and spatial effects in different macroclimate cities.
Ninglv Li +4 more
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Urban Climate, 2020 Streets are the fundamental elements of urban form in terms of microclimate as well as place making in cities. Microclimate itself is influenced by climate critical parameters of the Local Climate Zone Classification (LCZ) system. Therefore, a key design question is the role, if any, of LCZ classification for climate guidelines at street scale. In this
Maharoof, Nusrath +2 more
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Identifying hot and cool spots in the city centre based on bicycle measurements: The case of Olomouc, Czech Republic [PDF]
Geographica Pannonica, 2018 In this study we focus on a detailed analysis of air temperature in the city centre of Olomouc, using a bicycle for mobile measurements. We studied the Spatial pattern of air temperature, analysed temperature differences between local climate zones (LCZs)
Lehnerta Michal +4 more
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Local Climate Zones for Urban Temperature Studies
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2012 The effect of urban development on local thermal climate is widely documented in scientific literature. Observations of urban–rural air temperature differences—or urban heat islands (UHIs)—have been reported for cities and regions worldwide, often with local field sites that are extremely diverse in their physical and climatological characteristics ...
T. R. Oke, I. D. Stewart
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MAPPING LOCAL CLIMATE ZONES WITH A VECTOR-BASED GIS METHOD [PDF]
Aerul şi Apa: Componente ale Mediului, 2013 In this study we determined Local Climate Zones in a South-Hungarian city, using vector-based and raster-based databases. We calculated seven of the originally proposed ten physical (geometric, surface cover and radiative) properties for areas which are ...
E. Lelovics, T. Gál, J. Unger
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Local Climate Zone mapping using GIS methods in Szeged
Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, 2014 Owing to anthropogenic activity, local climate develops in the area of built-up zones. The characteristics of built-up zones can be quantified by different methods. One of the methods is the Local Climate Zones (LCZ) classification system which describes
János Unger +2 more
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Local Climate Zones to Identify Surface Urban Heat Islands: A Systematic Review
Remote Sensing, 2023 The Land Surface Temperature (LST) obtained by remote sensing data is an essential indicator for analyzing the Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI). A factor contributing to its occurrence is the reflections of the different materials in urban and rural ...
Rodrigo Fernandes +3 more
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Numerical Simulation with Local Climate Zones of Urban Heat Island in the Metropolitan Area of São Paulo [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de MeteorologiaThe urban heat island (UHI) is a well-known consequence of urbanization on local climate. This study investigates the UHI in the Metropolitan Area of São Paulo (MASP), focusing on urban morphology and meteorological conditions.
Kellyssa Loren de Lima Alves +1 more
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