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Comparison of the Thermal Environment by Local Climate Zones in Summer: A Case Study in Suwon, Republic of Korea

open access: yes, 2023
The thermal environments of five local climate zones (LCZs) in summer were investigated using all measured microclimatic data collected from 9:00 on 3 August until 15:30 on 4 August, 2017.
Nakhoon Choi   +4 more
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Using "local climate zones" to detect urban heat island on two small cities in Alabama

open access: yes, 2018
Classifying “urban” and “rural” environments is a challenge in understanding urban climate, specifically urban heat islands (UHIs). Stewart and Oke developed the “local climate zone” (LCZ) classification system to clarify these distinctions using 17 ...
Chieppa, Jeff (S32992)   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Geospatial Solutions for Urban Climate Adaptation: The LCZ-UHI-GEO Project between Italy and Vietnam [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
The LCZ-UHI-GEO project is an international collaboration between Italy and Vietnam, aiming to analyse urban climate dynamics, particularly the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, through geospatial techniques.
M. Žgela   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

REMOTE SENSING APPLIED TO CLASSIFICATION OF LOCAL CLIMATE ZONES [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Monitoramento das características térmicas intra-urbanas representativas é uma tarefa difícil devido à complexidade do terreno urbano (OKE, 2004). As características de áreas urbanizadas podem ser quantificadas por diferentes métodos.
Filho, Antonio Conceição Paranhos   +2 more
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A grid-scale assessment framework for heat health risks: A case study of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, China

open access: yesClimate Services
The increasing frequency of extreme heat events has resulted in severe and widespread global impacts. Comprehensive heat risk assessment is crucial for providing targeted climate information and services to enhance cities’ adaptation and mitigation ...
Jiaqi Guo   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Earth Observation for Urban Climate: Mapping the Local Climate Zones [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
collected by Earth Observation (EO) satellites provide a valuable source of information for understanding, monitoring, modelling and thus protecting the urban environment.
Grimmond, Sue   +7 more
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Mapping Local Climate Zones Using ArcGIS-Based Method and Exploring Land Surface Temperature Characteristics in Chenzhou, China

open access: yes, 2020
The local climate zone (LCZ) has become a new tool for urban heat island research. Taking Chenzhou as the research object, eight urban spatial form elements and land cover elements are calculated respectively through ArcGIS, Skyhelios and ENVI software ...
Yaping Chen, Yinze Hu, Bohong Zheng
core   +1 more source

DETERMINATION OF AN URBAN TEMPERATURE MONITORING NETWORK USING GIS METHODS [PDF]

open access: yesAerul şi Apa: Componente ale Mediului, 2014
Local Climate Zones (LCZ) classification system describes the physical conditions of a local-scale environment of a measuring site from the viewpoint of the generated local thermal climate.
LELOVICS ENIKŐ, UNGER J., GÁL T.
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Local Climate Zones (LCZ) for Salta City

open access: yes
This map presents the Local Climate Zones (LCZ) for Salta City. The map was created through the web interface WUDAPT - World Urban Data Access Portal Tools (Demuzere et al., 2021). The classification of the LCZ system comprises 17 zone types at the local
Flores Larsen, Silvana Elinor
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Mapping CO2 traffic emissions within local climate zones in Helsinki

open access: yes
Road traffic is one of the major emitters of carbon dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere. Besides detailed carbon emission calculations, methods to upscale the emissions are needed, particularly in areas where good-quality data to calculate CO2 emissions are ...
Al-Jaghbeer, Omar   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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