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A Framework for Augmenting Simulation-Based Building Energy Models with Earth Observational Microclimate Data Using Machine Learning Predictions

Urban Science
Accurate urban building energy modeling (UBEM) is constrained by mismatches between standard climate inputs and actual urban microclimate conditions.
Amanda Worthy, Mehdi Ashayeri, Julian D. Marshall, Narjes Abbasabadi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting Mammal Species Suitable for Chagas Disease Spread Using a Machine‐Learning Framework

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Chagas disease is maintained in wildlife by Trypanosoma cruzi cycling among many mammal species, but we still do not know the full range of potential hosts. Using machine learning and ecological/behavioral traits, we found that kissing bugs overlap with 573 mammal species and tend to feed on mammals that are den‐dwelling, medium‐to‐large in size, and ...
Maya Rocha‐Ortega, Carezza Botto‐Mahan, Gemma Rojo, Alex Córdoba‐Aguilar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Material Performance of Building Façade Affect Urban Microclimate

, 2017
The world has experienced extreme urban growth in the last and current centuries, since more than half of the world population living in urban areas. Cities are expanding toward megacities with higher densities and narrower urban canyon profiles with ...
Dong, Sen, PERINI, KATIA, Auer, Thomas, Chokhachian, Ata   +3 more
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Climate Change and Dispersal Limitation Reshape Future Habitat Accessibility for Lady Amherst's Pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae) in China

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We combined occurrence records across China with multisource environmental variables using ensemble species distribution modeling, optimal‐parameter geographical detector analysis, and dispersal simulations to estimate future habitat accessibility for Lady Amherst's Pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae). ABSTRACT Montane forest birds are highly vulnerable
Lingsen Cao, Yiming Wu, Yiqiang Fu, Wenbo Liao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smoke signals: Measuring wildlife smoke exposure with animal‐borne and stationary sensors

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Wildfires are becoming larger, more frequent and more severe, producing smoke plumes that degrade air quality hundreds of kilometres away and for days to weeks after an active fire. Despite public health and safety concerns regarding wildfire smoke, we know little about how free‐ranging wildlife experience or respond to these exposures.
Adam F. Parlin, Mark A. Ditmer, Zachary L. Steel, Jeremy Alder, Kent R. Hersey, Virginia Stout, B. Wesley Alexander, Brock R. McMillan, Randy T. Larsen, Melia DeVivo, Andria M. Townsend, James W. Cain III, Mark A. Peyton, Beth Gardner, George Wittemyer   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Plant Community Spatial Configurations on Summer Microclimate: A Simulation Study of Urban Parks in Zhejiang, China

The intensifying Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect exacerbates urban heat stress. While vegetation is a key mitigation strategy, the quantitative effects of its spatial configuration are not fully understood.
Xia Chen, Ying Huang, Quanyu Dai, Xiangtao Zhu, Linjia Zhou, Chaoyi Xu, Jingshu Zhou, Qianqian Wang   +7 more
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Climatic factors, landscape composition and host plant traits co‐drive fruit infestation of unmanaged walnut trees by the invasive pest fly Rhagoletis completa (Cresson, 1929) (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
The study examined multiscale factors influencing walnut fruit infestations by the invasive pest fly Rhagoletis completa. Infestation rates increased with fruit size, host tree abundance, grasslands, hedgerows and temperatures, but decreased with anthropogenic habitats and heavy spring rainfall.
Méghan Boulembert, Wendy Destierdt, Aude Couty, Emilie Gallet‐Moron, Patrice Eslin, Olivier Chabrerie   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling transpiration and leaf temperature of urban trees–A case study evaluating the microclimate model ENVI-met against measurement data

, 2018
Increasing vegetation cover in cities is a key approach to mitigating urban heat excess. However, both the effect of vegetation on microclimate and the plants’ vitality need to be assessed to support and quantify the effects of such strategies.
Lindén, Jenny,
core  

Postcode‐Level Variation and Environmental Determinants of Respiratory Allergies in a Large German Cohort

Allergy, EarlyView.
Young children (0–9 years) and residents of urban areas appeared particularly vulnerable to respiratory allergy development and exacerbation. Incidence showed nonlinear associations with PM10, PM2.5, temperature, and alder/birch pollen, while DPMR showed similar patterns, except for NO2 and the interaction O3*NO2.
Trang Dao‐Siebel, Christoph Knote, Christoph Müller, Thilo Erbertseder, Elke Hertig, Roxana Halbleib, Evelyn Lamy   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban Microclimates and Their Relationship with Social Isolation: A Review

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Urban microclimates, which include phenomena such as urban heat islands (UHIs) as well as cooler environments created by shaded areas and green spaces, significantly affect social behavior and contribute to varying levels of social isolation in cities.
David B. Olawade, Melissa McLaughlin, Yinka Julianah Adeniji, Gabriel Osasumwen Egbon, Arghavan Rahimi, Stergios Boussios   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources