Localized synergies between heat waves and urban heat islands: Implications on human thermal comfort and urban heat management

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

Event-Based Heat-Related Risk Assessment Model for South Korea Using Maximum Perceived Temperature, Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature, and Air Temperature Data

(2020) Misun Kang et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Impact of Urban Morphology and Landscape Characteristics on Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity of Land Surface Temperature

(2020) Andong Guo et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

The maintenance of prefabricated green roofs for preserving cooling performance: A field measurement in the subtropical city of Hangzhou, China

(2020) Gaochuan Zhang et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Predicting soil physical and chemical properties using vis-NIR in Australian cotton areas

(2020) Dongxue Zhao et al.   CATENA

Do grey infrastructures always elevate urban temperature? No, utilizing grey infrastructures to mitigate urban heat island effects

(2019) Jin-Da Qi et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Localized Changes in Heat Wave Properties Across the United States

(2019) Javad Shafiei Shiva et al.   Earths Future

Local climate zone ventilation and urban land surface temperatures: Towards a performance-based and wind-sensitive planning proposal in megacities

(2019) Jun Yang et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Amplified Urban Heat Islands during Heat Wave Periods

(2019) Shaojing Jiang 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

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

Wind-sensitive urban planning and design: Precinct ventilation performance and its potential for local warming mitigation in an open midrise gridiron precinct

(2019) Bao-Jie He et al.   Journal of Building Engineering

Interactions between urban heat islands and heat waves

(2018) Lei Zhao et al.   Environmental Research Letters

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

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

An approach to examining performances of cool/hot sources in mitigating/enhancing land surface temperature under different temperature backgrounds based on landsat 8 image

(2018) Bao-Jie He et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Heatwave and mortality in 31 major Chinese cities: Definition, vulnerability and implications

(2018) Jun Yang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

(2017) Dimitra Founda et al.   Scientific Reports

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

Rising heat wave trends in large US cities

(2015) Dana Habeeb et al.   NATURAL HAZARDS

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

Differences on the effect of heat waves on mortality by sociodemographic and urban landscape characteristics

(2013) Yihan Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH

Local Climate Zones for Urban Temperature Studies

(2012) I. D. Stewart et al.   BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

Increasing frequency, intensity and duration of observed global heatwaves and warm spells

(2012) S. E. Perkins et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Calculating Workplace WBGT from Meteorological Data: A Tool for Climate Change Assessment

(2012) Bruno LEMKE et al.   INDUSTRIAL HEALTH

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

Study on deep inland penetration of sea breeze over complex terrain in the tropics

(2011) Shravan Kumar Muppa et al.   ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

Heat Waves and Cause-specific Mortality at all Ages

(2011) Xavier Basagaña et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY

Heat Waves in the United States: Mortality Risk during Heat Waves and 
Effect Modification by Heat Wave Characteristics in 43 U.S. Communities

(2010) G. Brooke Anderson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Excess deaths during the 2004 heatwave in Brisbane, Australia

(2010) Shilu Tong et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

Assessment of Heat-Related Health Impacts in Brisbane, Australia: Comparison of Different Heatwave Definitions

(2010) Shilu Tong et al.   PLoS One

The urban heat island and its impact on heat waves and human health in Shanghai

(2009) Jianguo Tan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY