Modeling the climate impacts of deploying solar reflective cool pavements in California cities

Energy and environmental consequences of a cool pavement campaign

(2017) Haley E. Gilbert et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Influence of street setbacks on solar reflection and air cooling by reflective streets in urban canyons

(2017) Pablo J. Rosado et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Citywide Impacts of Cool Roof and Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Deployment on Near-Surface Air Temperature and Cooling Energy Demand

(2016) F. Salamanca et al.   BOUNDARY-LAYER METEOROLOGY

Investigating the climate impacts of urbanization and the potential for cool roofs to counter future climate change in Southern California

(2016) P Vahmani et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Revisiting the climate impacts of cool roofs around the globe using an Earth system model

(2016) Jiachen Zhang et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Micrometeorological simulations to predict the impacts of heat mitigation strategies on pedestrian thermal comfort in a Los Angeles neighborhood

(2016) Mohammad Taleghani et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Climatic consequences of adopting drought-tolerant vegetation over Los Angeles as a response to California drought

(2016) P. Vahmani et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Impact of remotely sensed albedo and vegetation fraction on simulation of urban climate in WRF-urban canopy model: A case study of the urban heat island in Los Angeles

(2016) P. Vahmani et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

Environmental impacts of reflective materials: Is high albedo a ‘silver bullet’ for mitigating urban heat island?

(2015) Jiachuan Yang et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

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

(2014) Dan Li et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Reflective ‘cool’ roofs under aerosol-burdened skies: radiative benefits across selected Indian cities

(2014) D E Millstein et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Quality and sensitivity of high-resolution numerical simulation of urban heat islands

(2014) Dan Li et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Strong contributions of local background climate to urban heat islands

(2014) Lei Zhao et al.   NATURE

Urban adaptation can roll back warming of emerging megapolitan regions

(2014) M. Georgescu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Corrigendum: The use of reflective and permeable pavements as a potential practice for heat island mitigation and stormwater management

(2013) H Li et al.   Environmental Research Letters

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

Meteorological, emissions and air-quality modeling of heat-island mitigation: recent findings for California, USA

(2013) H. Taha   International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies

Field measurement of albedo for different land cover materials and effects on thermal performance

(2012) H. Li et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

The potential for air-temperature impact from large-scale deployment of solar photovoltaic arrays in urban areas

(2012) Haider Taha   SOLAR ENERGY

Cooling the cities – A review of reflective and green roof mitigation technologies to fight heat island and improve comfort in urban environments

(2012) M. Santamouris   SOLAR ENERGY

Summer-time climate impacts of projected megapolitan expansion in Arizona

(2012) M. Georgescu et al.   Nature Climate Change

Remotely sensing the cooling effects of city scale efforts to reduce urban heat island

(2011) Christopher W. Mackey et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Impact of a cool roof application on the energy and comfort performance in an existing non-residential building. A Sicilian case study

(2011) C. Romeo et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Regional climate consequences of large-scale cool roof and photovoltaic array deployment

(2011) Dev Millstein et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Surface Urban Heat Island Across 419 Global Big Cities

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

The Impact of Climate Change on Air Quality–Related Meteorological Conditions in California. Part I: Present Time Simulation Analysis

(2011) Zhan Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Experimental testing of cool colored thin layer asphalt and estimation of its potential to improve the urban microclimate

(2010) Afroditi Synnefa et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

The integrated WRF/urban modelling system: development, evaluation, and applications to urban environmental problems

(2010) Fei Chen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

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

(2009) Yan Zhou et al.   NATURAL HAZARDS

Remote sensing of the urban heat island effect across biomes in the continental USA

(2009) Marc L. Imhoff et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Meso-urban meteorological and photochemical modeling of heat island mitigation

(2008) Haider Taha   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Episodic Performance and Sensitivity of the Urbanized MM5 (uMM5) to Perturbations in Surface Properties in Houston Texas

(2008) Haider Taha   BOUNDARY-LAYER METEOROLOGY

Urban Surface Modification as a Potential Ozone Air-quality Improvement Strategy in California: A Mesoscale Modelling Study

(2008) Haider Taha   BOUNDARY-LAYER METEOROLOGY

On the Use of Cool Materials as a Heat Island Mitigation Strategy

(2008) A. Synnefa et al.   Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

A Modification to the NOAH LSM to Simulate Heat Mitigation Strategies in the New York City Metropolitan Area

(2008) Barry H. Lynn et al.   Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology