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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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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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Impact of Spatially Continuous Urban Surface Properties on Summertime and Heatwave Simulations: A Multi‐City Analysis

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Volume 18, Issue 10, October 2026.
Abstract Urban areas are unique in form, function, and fabric, and representing them in process‐based models requires, among other things, prescribing facet‐level morphological and radiative properties, which vary widely. Most urban canopy models (UCMs) prescribe these by density class or local climate zone (LCZ), assigning identical values across ...
Timothy Jiang, TC Chakraborty, Yifan Cheng, Rohit Mukherjee, Lei Zhao, Alberto Martilli   +5 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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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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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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Using local climate zones to compare remotely sensed surface temperatures in temperate cities and hot desert cities

Moravian Geographical Reports, 2020
Urban and rural thermal properties mainly depend on surface cover features as well as vegetation cover. Surface classification using the local climate zone (LCZ) system provides an appropriate approach for distinguishing urban and rural areas, as well as
Fricke Cathy, Pongrácz Rita, Gál Tamás, Savić Stevan, Unger János   +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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