OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Urban Climate is 49. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Introducing new morphometric parameters to improve urban canopy air flow modeling: A CFD to machine-learning study in real urban environments	150
Characterizing and predicting carbon emissions from an emerging land use perspective: A comprehensive review	144
Modelling the microscale spatial distribution of urban air temperature in suburban sprawl	117
Cooling effects of urban parks under various ecological factors	111
Mapping CO2 traffic emissions within local climate zones in Helsinki	108
Environment-meteorology interactions with PM: Structural equation modeling and regression analysis	107
Effects of ambient temperature on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) mortality in highly polluted region	107
Performance of PALM-4U/WRF model for simulating the urban meteorology of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia	99
Filling gaps in urban temperature observations by debiasing ERA5 reanalysis data	96
Spatiotemporal trends of selected air quality parameters during force lockdown and its relationship to COVID-19 positive cases in Bangladesh	92
Composition, seasonal variation and sources attribution of volatile organic compounds in urban air in southwestern China	88
Developing local-climate-zone-based logarithmic law wind profile considering urban morphology	86
Harnessing geographic information system and street view imagery for thermal gradient distribution auditing	83
Exploration of improvement schemes for simulating LST in Beijing, China over multiple years based on LCZ	81
Exploring air temperature variability and socio-demographic inequalities in heat exposure through machine learning: A case study of Maricopa County, Arizona	80
Optical properties of carbonaceous aerosols and source impacts in the Lanzhou valley: In-situ observations by means of topographical relief	77
Advancing urban resilience: A multi-hazard risk perspective on frontier evolution, research hotspots, and practical exploration	76
Turbulent flow over street canyons with balconies	76
Modeling PM2.5 urbane pollution using hybrid models incorporating decomposition and multiple factors	76
Investigating urban heat islands over Rome and Milan during a summer period through the TERRA_URB parameterization in the ICON model	75
Disentangling the non-linear relationships and interaction effects of urban digital transformation on carbon emission intensity	73
Study on the efficiency evolution of carbon emissions and factors affecting them in 143 countries worldwide	72
Predicting environmental pollutants in the apartment public space: Evaluating the impact of spatial enclosure and monitoring locations	72
Projecting temperature-related excess mortality under climate change in six metropolitan cities in China	70
Mapping flood risk using a workflow including deep learning and MCDM– Application to southern Iran	68

Spatial bias in placement of citizen and conventional weather stations and their impact on urban climate research: A case study of the Urban Heat Island effect in Canada	68
Land-surface-physics-based downscaling versus conventional dynamical downscaling for high-resolution urban climate change information: The case study of two cities	66
Estimation of space heating CO2 emissions based only on CO2 fluxes observations	65
Comparison of PM2.5 around 1893 elementary schools and kindergartens in Tehran over different time windows	64
Calibrating the UTCI scale for hot and humid climates through comprehensive year-round field surveys to improve the adaptability	62
Attribution of the unprecedented heat event of August 2023 in Barcelona (Spain) to observed and projected global warming	61
The study of enhancing urban flood management for riverless cities with high external runoff intrusion characteristics	60
Effects of wintertime haze on regional thermal environment and urban heat island in the Yangtze River Delta, China	59
Long-term airborne particle pollution assessment in the city of Coyhaique, Patagonia, Chile	58
Photovoltaic mobile charging station for green infrastructure: A data-driven case study	58
Parametric comparative analysis of outdoor thermal comfort in a desert climate: A case study of single-family houses in Riyadh	58
Strategies for modelling roofs on large-scale urban drainage models focusing on incomplete data scenarios	58
Research on the correlation network of carbon emissions and economic between Chinese urban agglomerations	57
Assessment of heat exposure risk for urban populations and spatio-temporal patterns: A perspective of urban functional zones in Xi'an, China	57
The time-evolving impact of tree size on nighttime street canyon microclimate: Wind tunnel modeling of aerodynamic effects and heat removal	57
Sources and probabilistic ecological-health risks of heavy metals in road dust from urban areas in a typical industrial city	53
Impact of green roof on human comfort level and carbon sequestration: A microclimatic and comparative assessment in Dhaka City, Bangladesh	52
Contributions of urban green spaces for climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation in Dessie city, Northeastern Ethiopia	52
Derivation of nonstationary rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves considering the impacts of climate change and urbanization	52
How does green finance achieve urban carbon unlocking? Evidence from China	51
Urban Heat Island index based on a simplified micro scale model	51
Exploring socio-environmental effects on community health in Edmonton, Canada to understand older adult and immigrant risk in a changing climate	50
Impacts of the San Francisco Bay Area shelter-in-place during the COVID-19 pandemic on urban heat fluxes	49
Carbon isotope for carbonyls in roadside air	49
Impact of complex relief on heat transfer in urban area	49