Urban Heat Island and Its Interaction with Heatwaves: A Review of Studies on Mesoscale

Heatwaves and Summer Urban Heat Islands: A Daily Cycle Approach to Unveil the Urban Thermal Signal Changes in Lisbon, Portugal

(2021) Ana Oliveira et al.   Atmosphere

Trends, topics, and lessons learnt from real case studies using mesoscale atmospheric models for urban climate applications in 2000–2019

(2021) Yu Ting Kwok et al.   Urban Climate

High spatial-resolution classification of urban surfaces using a deep learning method

(2021) Yifan Fan et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Urban heat island (UHI) intensity and magnitude estimations: A systematic literature review

(2021) Se Woong Kim et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The burden of heat-related mortality attributable to recent human-induced climate change

(2021) A. M. Vicedo-Cabrera et al.   Nature Climate Change

Exploring the Synergies between Urban Overheating and Heatwaves (HWs) in Western Sydney

(2020) Hassan Saeed Khan et al.   Energies

Urban-rural moisture contrast: Regulator of the urban heat island and heatwaves’ synergy over a mediterranean city

(2020) Andri Pyrgou et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Efficacy of cool roofs at reducing pedestrian-level air temperature during projected 21st century heatwaves in Atlanta, Detroit, and Phoenix (USA)

(2020) Ashley Mark Broadbent et al.   Environmental Research Letters

An observational case study of synergies between an intense heatwave and the urban heat island in Beijing

(2020) Ning An et al.   Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

On the cooling potential of irrigation to mitigate urban heat island

(2020) Kai Gao et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

On the influence of density and morphology on the Urban Heat Island intensity

(2020) Yunfei Li et al.   Nature Communications

Relationships among local-scale urban morphology, urban ventilation, urban heat island and outdoor thermal comfort under sea breeze influence

(2020) Bao-Jie He et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Tree cooling effects and human thermal comfort under contrasting species and sites

(2020) Mohammad A. Rahman et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Analysis of the diurnal cycle of air temperature between rural Berkshire and the University of Reading: possible role of the urban heat island

(2020) Aaron Nicholson   Weather

Comparison of regional and urban outdoor thermal stress conditions in heatwave and normal summer periods: A case study

(2020) János Unger et al.   Urban Climate

Conversion of abandoned property to greenspace as a strategy to mitigate the urban heat island investigated with numerical simulations

(2020) Timothy J. Cady et al.   Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Integrated impacts of tree planting and aspect ratios on thermal environment in street canyons by scaled outdoor experiments

(2020) Taihan Chen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Interaction between heat wave and urban heat island: A case study in a tropical coastal city, Singapore

(2020) Lup Wai Chew et al.   ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

Synergies between urban heat island and heat waves in Seoul: The role of wind speed and land use characteristics

(2020) Jack Ngarambe et al.   PLoS One

Advancement in Urban Climate Modelling at Local Scale: Urban Heat Island Mitigation and Building Cooling Demand

(2020) Aytaç Kubilay et al.   Atmosphere

Effectiveness of Urban Hydrological Processes in Mitigating Urban Heat Island and Human Thermal Stress During a Heat Wave Event in Nanjing, China

(2020) Xueyuan Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

Is Urban Heat Island intensity higher during hot spells and heat waves (Dijon, France, 2014–2019)?

(2020) Yves Richard et al.   Urban Climate

Heat Waves and Human Well-Being in Madrid (Spain)

(2019) Domingo Rasilla et al.   Atmosphere

Comparing the transpirational and shading effects of two contrasting urban tree species

(2019) Mohammad A. Rahman et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Urban heat island: Aerodynamics or imperviousness?

(2019) Dan Li et al.   Science Advances

High albedo materials to counteract heat waves in cities: An assessment of meteorology, buildings energy needs and pedestrian thermal comfort

(2019) Serena Falasca et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Potential benefits of cool roofs in reducing heat-related mortality during heatwaves in a European city

(2019) H.L. Macintyre et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Enhanced sensitivity of the urban heat island effect to summer temperatures induced by urban expansion

(2019) Zhen Gao et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Observed synergies between urban heat islands and heat waves and their controlling factors in Shanghai, China

(2019) Xiangyu Ao et al.   Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Amplified Urban Heat Islands during Heat Wave Periods

(2019) Shaojing Jiang et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

High‐Resolution, Multilayer Modeling of Singapore's Urban Climate Incorporating Local Climate Zones

(2019) M. O. Mughal et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

Temporal dynamis of urban heat island correlated with the socio-economic development over the past half-century in Seoul, Korea

(2019) Je-Woo Hong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Magnitude of urban heat islands largely explained by climate and population

(2019) Gabriele Manoli et al.   NATURE

Response of Urban Heat Stress to Heat Waves in Athens (1960–2017)

(2019) George Katavoutas et al.   Atmosphere

The use of water irrigation to mitigate ambient overheating in the built environment: Recent progress

(2019) Kai Gao et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Analysis of the cooling effects of higher albedo surfaces during heat waves coupling the Weather Research and Forecasting model with building energy models

(2019) Zahra Jandaghian et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Recent progress on urban overheating and heat island research. Integrated assessment of the energy, environmental, vulnerability and health impact. Synergies with the global climate change

(2019) M. Santamouris   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Observational and modeling study of interactions between urban heat island and heatwave in Beijing

(2019) Xiaodong He et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Predicting the magnitude and the characteristics of the urban heat island in coastal cities in the proximity of desert landforms. The case of Sydney

(2019) Geun Young Yun et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Parametric study of the influence of environmental factors and tree properties on the transpirative cooling effect of trees

(2018) Lento Manickathan et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

A comprehensive approach for the simulation of the Urban Heat Island effect with the WRF/SLUCM modeling system: The case of Athens (Greece)

(2018) Christos Giannaros et al.   ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

On the energy impact of urban heat island in Sydney: Climate and energy potential of mitigation technologies

(2018) Mattheos Santamouris et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Reduced Urban Heat Island intensity under warmer conditions

(2018) Anna A Scott et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Interactions between urban heat islands and heat waves

(2018) Lei Zhao et al.   Environmental Research Letters

New York City Impacts on a Regional Heat Wave

(2018) Luis E. Ortiz et al.   Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Urban Heat Island Mitigation Effectiveness under Extreme Heat Conditions in the Suzhou–Wuxi–Changzhou Metropolitan Area, China

(2018) Yan Chen et al.   Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Effectiveness of green and cool roofs in mitigating urban heat island effects during a heatwave event in the city of Melbourne in southeast Australia

(2018) H.M. Imran et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Vertical air temperature gradients under the shade of two contrasting urban tree species during different types of summer days

(2018) Mohammad A. Rahman et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Modeling Impacts of Urbanization and Urban Heat Island Mitigation on Boundary Layer Meteorology and Air Quality in Beijing Under Different Weather Conditions

(2018) Lei Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

Is the urban heat island exacerbated during heatwaves in southern Australian cities?

(2018) Cassandra D. W. Rogers et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY

On the assessment of alternatives for building cooling load reductions for a tropical coastal city

(2018) Rabindra Pokhrel et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Interaction of urban heat islands and heat waves under current and future climate conditions and their mitigation using green and cool roofs in New York City and Phoenix, Arizona

(2018) Mukul Tewari et al.   Environmental Research Letters

PROGRESS IN URBAN GREENERY MITIGATION SCIENCE – ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AND IMPACT ON CITIES

(2018) Mat Santamouris et al.   Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Spatial structure of surface urban heat island and its relationship with vegetation and built-up areas in Melbourne, Australia

(2018) Yashar Jamei et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Impact of heatwave on a megacity: an observational analysis of New York City during July 2016

(2017) Prathap Ramamurthy et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Attribution and mitigation of heat wave-induced urban heat storage change

(2017) Ting Sun et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Evaluation of an urban canopy model in a tropical city: the role of tree evapotranspiration

(2017) Xuan Liu et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Climate change scenarios of heat waves in Central Europe and their uncertainties

(2017) Ondřej Lhotka et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY

The impact of heat waves on surface urban heat island and local economy in Cluj-Napoca city, Romania

(2017) Ioana Herbel et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY

Urban environments and human health: current trends and future directions

(2017) Chinmoy Sarkar et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Climate mitigation from vegetation biophysical feedbacks during the past three decades

(2017) Zhenzhong Zeng et al.   Nature Climate Change

Heatwaves and urban heat islands: A comparative analysis of multiple cities

(2017) P. Ramamurthy et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

Deadly heat waves projected in the densely populated agricultural regions of South Asia

(2017) Eun-Soon Im et al.   Science Advances

Synergies between Urban Heat Island and Heat Waves in Athens (Greece), during an extremely hot summer (2012)

(2017) Dimitra Founda et al.   Scientific Reports

Humid heat waves at different warming levels

(2017) Simone Russo et al.   Scientific Reports

Secondary effects of urban heat island mitigation measures on air quality

(2016) Joachim Fallmann et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Effect of increasing urban albedo on meteorology and air quality of Montreal (Canada) – Episodic simulation of heat wave in 2005

(2016) Ali G. Touchaei et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Comparison of Measured and Numerically Simulated Turbulence Statistics in a Convective Boundary Layer Over Complex Terrain

(2016) Raj K. Rai et al.   BOUNDARY-LAYER METEOROLOGY

Impact of heatwave on mortality under different heatwave definitions: A systematic review and meta-analysis

(2016) Zhiwei Xu et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Changes in Wind Speed under Heat Waves Enhance Urban Heat Islands in the Beijing Metropolitan Area

(2016) Dan Li et al.   Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

The Urban Tree as a Tool to Mitigate the Urban Heat Island in Mexico City: A Simple Phenomenological Model

(2016) Mónica Ballinas et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Heat waves and urban heat islands in Europe: A review of relevant drivers

(2016) Kathrin Ward et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The Impact of Albedo Increase to Mitigate the Urban Heat Island in Terni (Italy) Using the WRF Model

(2016) Elena Morini et al.   Sustainability

How do green roofs mitigate urban thermal stress under heat waves?

(2016) Ting Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

Analysis of urban heat island phenomenon and mitigation solutions evaluation for Montreal

(2016) Yupeng Wang et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

The effects of street tree planting on Urban Heat Island mitigation in Montreal

(2016) Yupeng Wang et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Retroreflective façades for urban heat island mitigation: Experimental investigation and energy evaluations

(2015) Federico Rossi et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

A review on the scientific understanding of heatwaves—Their measurement, driving mechanisms, and changes at the global scale

(2015) Sarah E. Perkins   ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

Interdecadal variations and trends of the Urban Heat Island in Athens (Greece) and its response to heat waves

(2015) D. Founda et al.   ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

Temperature Observation Time and Type Influence Estimates of Heat-Related Mortality in Seven U.S. Cities

(2015) Robert E. Davis et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Urban climate effects on extreme temperatures in Madison, Wisconsin, USA

(2015) Jason Schatz et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Contrasting responses of urban and rural surface energy budgets to heat waves explain synergies between urban heat islands and heat waves

(2015) Dan Li et al.   Environmental Research Letters

High-resolution simulation of heatwave events in New York City

(2015) P. Ramamurthy et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY

The Role of Vegetation in Mitigating Urban Land Surface Temperatures: A Case Study of Munich, Germany during the Warm Season

(2015) Sadroddin Alavipanah et al.   Sustainability

THE POSSIBILITIES OF DECREASING THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND

(2014) A.B. Oláh   APPLIED ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

On the energy impact of urban heat island and global warming on buildings

(2014) M. Santamouris   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

The effectiveness of cool and green roofs as urban heat island mitigation strategies

(2014) Dan Li et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Strong contributions of local background climate to urban heat islands

(2014) Lei Zhao et al.   NATURE

The effects of horizontal advection on the urban heat island in Birmingham and the West Midlands, United Kingdom during a heatwave

(2014) C. Heaviside et al.   QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

Turbulent Transport of Momentum and Scalars Above an Urban Canopy

(2013) Linlin Wang et al.   BOUNDARY-LAYER METEOROLOGY

The Community Earth System Model: A Framework for Collaborative Research

(2013) James W. Hurrell et al.   BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

Development of a 3-D urbanization index using digital terrain models for surface urban heat island effects

(2013) Chih-Da Wu et al.   ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING

Synergistic Interactions between Urban Heat Islands and Heat Waves: The Impact in Cities Is Larger than the Sum of Its Parts*

(2013) Dan Li et al.   Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

A New Modeling Approach to Forecast Building Energy Demands During Extreme Heat Events in Complex Cities

(2013) Estatio Gutiérrez et al.   JOURNAL OF SOLAR ENERGY ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Refreshing the role of open water surfaces on mitigating the maximum urban heat island effect

(2013) G.J. Steeneveld et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Modeling the relative roles of the foehn wind and urban expansion in the 2002 Beijing heat wave and possible mitigation by high reflective roofs

(2013) Hongyun Ma et al.   METEOROLOGY AND ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS

The contribution of urbanization to recent extreme heat events and a potential mitigation strategy in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei metropolitan area

(2013) Mingna Wang et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY

A multi-resolution ensemble study of a tropical urban environment and its interactions with the background regional atmosphere

(2013) Xian-Xiang Li et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

“Grand Paris”: regional landscape change to adapt city to climate warming

(2012) V. Masson et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Influence of the urban microclimate in street canyons on the energy demand for space cooling and heating of buildings

(2012) Jonas Allegrini et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

An evaluation of thermal Earth observation for characterizing urban heatwave event dynamics using the urban heat island intensity metric

(2012) Tomas Holderness et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Evaluation of satellite-derived products for the characterization of the urban thermal environment

(2012) Iphigenia Keramitsoglou et al.   Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

A coupled energy transport and hydrological model for urban canopies evaluated using a wireless sensor network

(2012) Zhi-Hua Wang et al.   QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

A study on the cooling effects of greening in a high-density city: An experience from Hong Kong

(2011) Edward Ng et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Positive effects of vegetation: Urban heat island and green roofs

(2011) T. Susca et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Surface Urban Heat Island Across 419 Global Big Cities

(2011) Shushi Peng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Simulations of the London urban heat island

(2011) S. I. Bohnenstengel et al.   QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

Derivation of Birmingham's summer surface urban heat island from MODIS satellite images

(2010) C. J. Tomlinson et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

A systematic review and scientific critique of methodology in modern urban heat island literature

(2010) I. D. Stewart   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Evaluating the potential for urban heat-island mitigation by greening parking lots

(2010) Akio Onishi et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Temperature Extremes and Health: Impacts of Climate Variability and Change in the United States

(2009) Marie S. O’Neill et al.   JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

Cloud and Precipitation Parameterization in a Meso-Gamma-Scale Operational Weather Prediction Model

(2009) Luc Gerard et al.   MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW

Atlanta’s urban heat island under extreme heat conditions and potential mitigation strategies

(2009) Yan Zhou et al.   NATURAL HAZARDS

A new building energy model coupled with an urban canopy parameterization for urban climate simulations—part I. formulation, verification, and sensitivity analysis of the model

(2009) Francisco Salamanca et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY

A new Building Energy Model coupled with an Urban Canopy Parameterization for urban climate simulations—part II. Validation with one dimension off-line simulations

(2009) Francisco Salamanca et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY

Heat Effects on Mortality in 15 European Cities

(2008) Michela Baccini et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY