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Local climate zones datasets from five Southern European cities: Copernicus based classification maps of Athens, Barcelona, Lisbon, Marseille and Naples

Data in Brief, 2020
Here, we provide Local Climate Zones (LCZ) map datasets from five Southern European Mediterranean cities: Athens (Greece), Barcelona (Spain), Lisbon (Portugal), Marseille (France) and Naples (Italy).
Ana Oliveira, António Lopes, Samuel Niza   +2 more
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Summer Diurnal LST Variability Across Local Climate Zones Using ECOSTRESS Data in Lecce and Milan [PDF]

Atmosphere
This study assesses the accuracy of Local Climate Zone (LCZ) classification and its impact on land surface temperature (LST) analysis in Mediterranean cities using high-resolution ECOSTRESS data.
Gianluca Pappaccogli, Antonio Esposito, Riccardo Buccolieri   +2 more
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QGIS AND OPEN DATA CUBE APPLICATIONS FOR LOCAL CLIMATE ZONES ANALYSIS LEVERAGING PRISMA HYPERSPECTRAL SATELLITE DATA [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2023
Climate change poses a significant threat to humans and biodiversity, impacting various aspects of livelihoods, infrastructure, and ecosystems. Understanding climate change and its interaction with the environment is crucial for achieving Sustainable ...
D. Oxoli, J. R. Cedeno Jimenez, E. Capizzi, M. A. Brovelli, M. Siciliani de Cumis, P. Sacco, D. Tapete   +6 more
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Land Surface Temperature Differences within Local Climate Zones, Based on Two Central European Cities

Remote Sensing, 2016
The main factors influencing the spatiotemporal variability of urban climate are quite widely recognized, including, for example, the thermal properties of materials used for surfaces and buildings, the mass, height and layout of the buildings themselves
Jan Geletič, Michal Lehnert, Petr Dobrovolný   +2 more
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Heat Risk Assessment in Arid Zones Based on Local Climate Zones: A Case of Urumqi, China

Buildings
Based on the rapid development of urbanization and the increasing severity of extreme heat disasters caused by global warming, it has become increasingly important to enhance the assessment of heat risk.
Hongxuan Lan, Hongchi Zhang, Jialu Gao, Jin Bai, Hanxuan Wang, Cheng Lu, Haoxuan Geng   +6 more
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Capability of LCZ Scheme to Differentiate Urban Thermal Environments in Five Megacities of China: Implications for Integrating LCZ System Into Heat-Resilient Planning and Design

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
The local climate zone (LCZ) classification scheme provides a standardized method to characterize urban morphological characteristics and urban thermal environments.
Bao-Jie He, Xuecheng Fu, Ziqi Zhao, Pengxin Chen, Ayyoob Sharifi, Hong Li   +5 more
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Outdoor human thermal comfort in local climate zones of Novi Sad (Serbia) during heat wave period [PDF]

Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, 2016
Urban climate monitoring system (UCMS) was established in Novi Sad (Serbia) in 2014 based on the Local Climate Zones (LCZs) classification system, GIS model calculations and field work.
Dragan D. Milošević, Stevan M. Savić, Vladimir Marković, Daniela Arsenović, Ivan Šećerov   +4 more
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Patch-Based Local Climate Zones Mapping and Population Distribution Pattern in Provincial Capital Cities of China

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2022
Accurate urban morphology provided by Local Climate Zones (LCZ), a universal surface classification scheme, offers opportunities for studies of urban heat risk, urban ventilation, and transport planning.
Liang Zhou, Lei Ma, Brian Alan Johnson, Ziyun Yan, Feixue Li, Manchun Li   +5 more
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Multiscale mapping of local climate zones in Tokyo using airborne LiDAR data, GIS vectors, and Sentinel-2 imagery

GIScience & Remote Sensing, 2023
Multisource remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) data have contributed powerfully to the large-scale automated mapping of local climate zones (LCZs).
Chaomin Chen, Hasi Bagan, Takahiro Yoshida   +2 more
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Multi-objective method of selecting performance-based local climatic zones using binomial logistic regression in warm and humid climate

Frontiers of Architectural Research
Urban agglomeration is a serious concern due to its high energy usage and impact on the local climate. Developing countries strive to determine the development path to optimize energy usage.
G.R. Madhavan, Dorairaj Kannamma
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