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Sentinel-Based Adaptation of the Local Climate Zones Framework to a South African Context

Remote Sensing, 2022
The LCZ framework has become a widely applied approach to study urban climate. The standard LCZ typology is highly specific when applied to western urban areas but generic in some African cities.
Tshilidzi Manyanya, Janne Teerlinck, Ben Somers, Bruno Verbist, Nthaduleni Nethengwe   +4 more
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Mapping Local Climate Zones in Lausanne (Switzerland) with Sentinel-2 and PRISMA imagery: comparison of classification performance using different band combinations and building height data

International Journal of Digital Earth, 2023
The Local Climate Zone (LCZ) concept has emerged as a valuable classification system for climate-related studies. The World Urban Database and Access Portal Tools (WUDAPT) protocol provides a framework for generating a LCZ segmentation which relies on ...
Alberto Vavassori, Gregory Giuliani, Maria Antonia Brovelli   +2 more
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The Human Influence Experiment (Part 2): Guidelines for Improved Mapping of Local Climate Zones Using a Supervised Classification

Urban Science, 2019
Since 2012, Local Climate Zones (LCZ) have been used for numerous studies related to urban environment. In 2015, this use amplified because a method to map urban areas in LCZs was introduced by the World Urban Database and Access Portal Tools (WUDAPT ...
Marie-leen Verdonck, Matthias Demuzere, Benjamin Bechtel, Christoph Beck, Oscar Brousse, Arjan Droste, Daniel Fenner, François Leconte, Frieke Van Coillie   +8 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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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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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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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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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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