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Evaluation of Six Local Climate Zones Mapping Methods to Determine the Most Accurate LCZ Classification Method for UHI Studies: The Case Study of Kuala Lumpur and Singapore

Transactions in GIS, Volume 30, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Urban heat islands (UHIs) pose a significant environmental issue in rapidly urbanizing areas, intensifying the need for accurate methods to assess and mitigate their effects. The Local Climate Zones (LCZ) classification system is a standardized land use approach for urban heat island (UHI) research.
Omar Yasser, Omar Ads, Izni Zahidi, Chow Ming Fai   +3 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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Whirlwinds in Ladakh, India: An Initial Assessment of ARW‐WRF Performance

Meteorological Applications, Volume 33, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
First‐ever visual evidence of whirlwinds in the Himalayan Ladakh region is presented. Whirlwinds were photographically captured in Stok, Choglamsar, and Nubra valleys in Ladakh, India, in June 2018. It is estimated that the spatial extent of these whirlwinds was ~50 m2, vertical extent ~0.5–1 km, and lasted for ~15 min. Local communities were concerned
A. P. Dimri, K. K. Osuri, Dev Niyogi
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Enhancing Global‐Scale Urban Land Cover Representation Using Local Climate Zones in the Community Earth System Model

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Volume 17, Issue 11, November 2025.
Abstract Urban areas are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, necessitating accurate simulations of urban climates in Earth system models (ESMs) in support of large‐scale urban climate adaptation efforts. ESMs underrepresent urban areas due to their small spatial extent and the lack of detailed urban landscape data.
Yuan Sun, Keith W. Oleson, Lei Zhao, Gerald Mills, Cenlin He, Matthias Demuzere, David O. Topping, Ning Zhang, Zhonghua Zheng   +8 more
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Effects of the urban land use on a severe convective windstorm

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Volume 151, Issue 773, October 2025 Part B.
Numerical simulations with the Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with the Building Effect Parametrization–Building Energy Model multilayer canopy model were conducted to investigate the impact of urban land use on a severe convective windstorm in Milan, northern Italy, on July 25, 2023.
Francesco De Martin, Andrea Zonato, Silvana Di Sabatino   +2 more
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Towards the determination of driving factors of varying LST-LCZ relationships: A case study over 25 cities [PDF]

Geographica Pannonica, 2019
The current study aimed to prove the existence of a significant relation between land surface temperature (LST) and local climate zones (LCZs) and its possibility to be generalized to all cities around the world with different climatic zones and ...
Gholami Rostam Mehdi, Beck Christoph
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The efficient urban canopy dependency parametrization (SURY) v1.0 for atmospheric modelling: description and application with the COSMO-CLM model for a Belgian summer [PDF]

Geoscientific Model Development, 2016
This paper presents the Semi-empirical URban canopY parametrization (SURY) v1.0, which bridges the gap between bulk urban land-surface schemes and explicit-canyon schemes.
H. Wouters, M. Demuzere, U. Blahak, K. Fortuniak, B. Maiheu, J. Camps, D. Tielemans, N. P. M. van Lipzig   +7 more
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Analysis of nocturnal urban heat advection using crowd weather stations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Volume 151, Issue 773, October 2025 Part B.
The urban heat island is often studied under calm conditions, where its development is strongest. However, effects of wind speed and direction need to be considered for a full understanding. We study the effects of urban heat advection in the urban canopy layer using crowd weather stations. Wind causes increased exposure to urban heat for areas located
Jonas Kittner, Daniel Fenner, Matthias Demuzere, Benjamin Bechtel   +3 more
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Impacts of Urban Heat and Surface Roughness on Landfalling Tropical Cyclone Intensity: A Case Study Based on TC Victor (1997) in Coastal South China

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 129, Issue 23, 16 December 2024.
Abstract This study investigates the impacts of urban‐induced anthropogenic heat (AH) and surface roughness on Tropical Cyclone (TC) Victor (1997) using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model. TC Victor originated in the South China Sea and made landfall over the Greater Bay Area (GBA) megacity.
Chenxi Hu, Chi‐Yung Tam, Zhenning Li, Jilong Chen, Tsun Ngai Chow, Yubin Li, Kevin K. W. Cheung, Jung‐Eun Chu, Zong‐Liang Yang   +8 more
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The Increase in Urban Heat Due to Global Warming Can be Significantly Affected by the Structure of the Land Use and Land Cover

International Journal of Climatology, Volume 44, Issue 15, Page 5381-5397, 15 December 2024.
Urban heat will increase significantly in the future, although the spatial–temporal variability of these changes can differ significantly. Our results indicate that variability of the heat can be attributed not only to atmospheric conditions, but also to a degree of fragmentation of land use and land cover.
Zdeněk Janků, Jan Geletič, Michal Lehnert, Petr Dobrovolný   +3 more
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