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Determining the Influence of Long Term Urban Growth on Surface Urban Heat Islands Using Local Climate Zones and Intensity Analysis Techniques

Remote Sensing, 2022
Urban growth, typified by conversion from natural to built-up impervious surfaces, is known to cause warming and associated adverse impacts. Local climate zones present a standardized technique for evaluating the implications of urban land use and ...
Terence Darlington Mushore, Onisimo Mutanga, John Odindi   +2 more
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LCZ Generator: A Web Application to Create Local Climate Zone Maps

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, Jonas Kittner, Benjamin Bechtel   +2 more
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Projections of the urban and intra-urban scale thermal effects of climate change in the 21st century for cities in the Carpathian Basin

Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, 2021
This study evaluates the pattern of a nighttime climate index namely the tropical nights (Tmin ≥ 20ºC) during the 21st century in several different sized cities in the Carpathian Basin.
Tamás Gál, Nóra Skarbit, Gergely Molnár, János Unger   +3 more
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Mapping local climate zones of Ljubljana

Dela
The Local Climate Zone (LCZ) framework was introduced to facilitate standardised research in the field of urban climate and other related scientific disciplines.
Tim Gregorčič, Stevan Savić, Blaž Repe, Matej Ogrin   +3 more
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Evaluating the Accuracy of Different Local Climate Zone Maps [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Local Climate Zones (LCZs) are essential for understanding urban climates, providing crucial information for urban planning, environmental monitoring, and addressing challenges like the urban heat island effect.
A. S. Akbulut, E. Sertel
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High-resolution calculation of the urban vegetation fraction in the Pearl River Delta from the Sentinel-2 NDVI for urban climate model parameterization

Geoscience Letters, 2019
The European Space Agency recently launched the Sentinel mission to perform terrestrial observations in support of tasks such as monitoring forests, detecting land-cover changes, and managing natural disasters.
Michael Mau Fung Wong, Jimmy Chi Hung Fung, Peter Pak Shing Yeung   +2 more
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Multi‐Source Data‐Driven Downscaling and Bias Correction of ERA5‐Land Near‐Surface Air Temperature Over Complex Terrain

Meteorological Applications, Volume 33, Issue 4, July/August 2026.
A statistical downscaling and bias‐correction workflow was developed for daily ERA5‐Land near‐surface air temperature over Sichuan Province using station observations, high‐resolution land‐surface predictors, and RDAPs. BO‐RF and RS‐LSTM with RDAPs performed best, reducing station‐level RMSE relative to ERA5‐Land at over 97% of independent validation ...
Jiawei Huang, Xiaojuan Wu, Yongren Chen, Xiaoxiao Du, Hao Niu   +4 more
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Summer Diurnal LST Variability Across Local Climate Zones Using ECOSTRESS Data in Lecce and Milan

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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The Effects of Urbanization on Infrastructure Sustainability and Resilience in Variable Microclimates Within Arid Environments

Earth's Future, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract Rapid urbanization significantly intensifies land surface temperature (LST), with profound implications for local climate, infrastructure sustainability, and environmental quality. The Local Climate Zones (LCZs) classification provides a standardized framework for examining urban thermal dynamics and supporting strategies to mitigate heat ...
Abderraouf Hzami, Omer Abedrabboh, Christos Fountoukis, M. Rami Alfarra, Azzam Abu‐Rayash   +4 more
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Simulations of a High Ozone Episode and Heatwave Day Using a Coupled Multi‐Layer Urban Canopy and Chemistry Model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 7, 16 April 2026.
Abstract Coastal cities face critical challenges in managing ozone pollution because of high population density and complex interactions between urbanization and coastal meteorology. Using New York City (NYC) as a case study, this work examines how urban surfaces influence heatwaves, sea‐breeze circulations, and boundary‐layer dynamics, and how these ...
H. Gamarro, W. M. Angevine, B. C. McDonald, R. Bornstein, P. Ramamurthy, F. Moshary, L. M. Judd, J. E. González‐Cruz   +7 more
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