Urban Climate

Papers
(The median citation count of Urban Climate is 6. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Climate policy and inequality in urban areas: Beyond incomes159
Impact of trees with varying size on street canyon flow under isothermal and non-isothermal conditions using water channel PIV measurements151
Net impact of London Strand-Aldwych pedestrianisation project on air quality and noise122
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emission interferes with real-time regulatory monitoring of ozone in urban atmosphere113
Source apportionment of PM2.5 before and after COVID-19 lockdown in an urban-industrial area of the Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal113
The study of enhancing urban flood management for riverless cities with high external runoff intrusion characteristics112
Correspondence between urbanization and surface wind in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area: Observations and idealized large-eddy simulation110
The effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the air pollutants concentration during the lockdown in Tehran, Iran106
Community perceptions of flood risks and their attributes: A case study of rural communities of Khipro, District Sanghar, Pakistan97
Tropospheric ozone variability in Delhi during pre & post monsoon periods: Decoding influence of seasonal variation, diurnal variation, short-range and long-range transport94
Assessment of the TsHARP method for spatial downscaling of land surface temperature over urban regions92
Sensitivity study of PBL schemes and soil initialization using the WRF-BEP-BEM model over a Mediterranean coastal city89
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in PM2.5 in the metropolitan zone of Mexico Valley: Impact of air quality management programmes85
Urban heat and pollution island in the Moscow megacity: Urban environmental compartments and their interactions84
Green infrastructure indicators to plan resilient urban settlements in Pakistan: Local stakeholder's perspective82
Land-surface-physics-based downscaling versus conventional dynamical downscaling for high-resolution urban climate change information: The case study of two cities78
The synergistic effects of urbanization and an extreme heatwave event on urban thermal environment in Paris78
Long-term airborne particle pollution assessment in the city of Coyhaique, Patagonia, Chile78
Assessment of pollutant dispersion in deep street canyons under different source positions: Numerical simulation77
Impact of refined 2D/3D urban morphology on hourly air temperature across different spatial scales in a snow climate city77
A geospatial-based framework for rapid simulation of storm-induced flooding and comprehensive risk assessment leveraging GWDD and fuzzy-SWARA76
Predicting environmental pollutants in the apartment public space: Evaluating the impact of spatial enclosure and monitoring locations75
Measuring shaded bike lanes for heat stress mitigation with deep learning: A case study in Amsterdam, Netherlands75
Climate change transformation in built environments – A policy instrument framework75
Does the spatial configuration of urban parks matter in ameliorating extreme heat?71
Feminization of surface temperature: Environmental justice and gender inequality among socioeconomic groups70
“Investigating and mapping day-night urban heat island and its driving factors using Sentinel/MODIS data and Google Earth Engine. Case study: Greater Cairo, Egypt”69
Exploring socio-environmental effects on community health in Edmonton, Canada to understand older adult and immigrant risk in a changing climate68
Assessing urban heat island intensity and emissions with compressed natural gas in non-commercial vehicles67
Collaborative scenario building: Engaging stakeholders to unravel opportunities for urban adaptation planning65
Derivation of nonstationary rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves considering the impacts of climate change and urbanization65
Estimating urban PM2.5 concentration: An analysis on the nonlinear effects of explanatory variables based on gradient boosted regression tree62
Weighted clustering-based risk assessment on urban rainstorm and flood disaster61
Spatial-temporal evolution of urban form resilience to climate disturbance in adaptive cycle: A case study of Changchun city60
Ventilation analysis of urban functional zoning based on circuit model in Guangzhou in winter, China59
Thermal perception in outdoor urban spaces under the Mediterranean climate of Annaba, Algeria59
Analysis of decoupling between CO2 emissions and economic growth in China's provincial capital cities: A Tapio model approach59
Heavy metal pollution in groundwater of urban Delhi environs: Pollution indices and health risk assessment59
Comparing universal thermal climate index (UTCI) with selected thermal indices to evaluate outdoor thermal comfort in traditional courtyards with BWh climate58
Outdoor ventilation evaluation and optimization based on spatial morphology analysis in Macau57
The influences of 2D/3D urban morphology on land surface temperature at the block scale in Chinese megacities57
Energy savings in buildings applying ASHRAE 55 and regional adaptive thermal comfort models55
Coupling detailed urban energy and water budgets with TEB-Hydro model: Towards an assessment tool for nature based solution performances54
Investigation of landslide hazard areas in the municipality of Cunha (Brazil) and climate projections from 2024 to 204053
Source identification, seasonal and spatial variations of airborne dust trace elements pollution in Tehran, the capital of Iran53
The risk management tools'role for urban infrastructure resilience building52
Satellite image analysis of thermal comfort for a sustainable urban ecology of Winneba, Ghana52
A comprehensive spatiotemporal approach to mapping air quality distribution and prediction in desert region52
Research on the veering wind characteristics in typical suburban terrain based on lidar field measurements51
City-scale ventilation analysis using 3D buildings with Guangzhou case51
A conceptual analytical framework for green infrastructure (GI) towards resilience building in urban contexts: A Stakeholders' collaboration perspective50
Interactions of urban heat islands and heat waves in Swedish cities under present and future climates50
Urban stormwater resilience: Global insights and strategies for climate adaptation49
The interactions of carbon emission driving forces: Analysis based on interpretable machine learning49
Phthalate esters in urban multi-media in the arid city of Urumqi, Northwest China: Sources, bio-accessibility and health risks49
Climatological features of high temporal resolution rainfall over the Hyderabad city, India48
Comparative performance analysis of photovoltaic modules of different materials for four different climatic zone of India48
Investigating 2D/3D factors influencing surface urban heat islands in mountainous cities using explainable machine learning48
Quantitative analysis and evaluation of rainwater absorption and thermal environment for residential design plan with consideration of LID strategies48
The canopy cooling effect of roof mitigation strategies in a subtropical urban agglomeration47
PM10 and PM2.5 chemical source profiles of road dust over China: Composition, spatio-temporal distribution, and source apportionment47
Spatial distribution of heat vulnerability in Toronto, Canada46
Urban heat island phenomenon in a desert, coastal city: The impact of urbanization45
Impact of urbanisation on groundwater vulnerability in shallow aquifer system of Assam: A DRASTIC approach45
Global warming and urbanization triggering the record-breaking heat event in summer 2023 over Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration, China45
Effect of urbanization on extreme temperature events in Liaoning Province, China, from a spatiotemporal perspective44
Air pollution dynamics in Fortaleza, Brazil: Exploring the interplay of traffic and high-rise development43
Assessment of the influences of post-construction facilities on pedestrian-level wind environment: An experimental study in Changsha, China43
Dual carbon and sulfur isotopes as tracers of PM1 pollution sources after COVID-19 confinement in Vilnius, Lithuania42
Consistency assessment between summer simmer index and other heat stress indices (WBGT and Humidex) in Iran's climates42
Implementation and evaluation of mean radiant temperature schemes in the microclimate model ENVI-met41
How to enhance thermal comfort in greenway walking? An exploration of the physical environment, walking status, and emotional perspectives41
The associations of cold spells with human mortality in Shanghai, China41
Prediction of SO2 and PM10 air pollutants using a deep learning-based recurrent neural network: Case of industrial city Sakarya40
Temporal changes of heat-attributable mortality in Prague, Czech Republic, over 1982–201940
Influence of global warming and urbanization on regional climate of Megacity: A case study of Chengdu, China40
The projected effects of urbanization and climate change on summer thermal environment in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area of China40
A new perspective on evaluating high-resolution urban climate simulation with urban canopy parameters40
Comparing the warming effects of different urban forms under projected climate change in China's Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area40
Identifying flood vulnerable and risk areas using the integration of analytical hierarchy process (AHP), GIS, and remote sensing: A case study of southern Oromia region40
Assessing the role of SuDS in resilience enhancement of urban drainage system: A case study of Gurugram City, India40
A review of climatic impacts on water main deterioration39
Evaluating the improvements of thermal comfort by different natural elements within courtyards in Singapore39
High summer land surface temperatures in a temperate city are mitigated by tree canopy cover39
Cities and climate change in developing countries38
Urban microclimate and its impact on building performance: A case study of San Francisco38
Whether the development strategy of the Yangtze River Economic Belt can achieve the double welfare effects of synergistic governance of pollution control and carbon reduction?38
On the effects of flood reduction for green and grey sponge city measures and their synergistic relationship—Case study in Jinan sponge city pilot area38
Navigating to urban environmental health: Professionalized and personalized healthy living assistant based on intelligent health risk management38
Analysing the efficiency of solar roads within settlement areas in Germany37
Impact of urban land use and anthropogenic heat on winter and summer outdoor thermal comfort in Beijing37
Scenario prediction and critical factors of CO2 emissions in the Pearl River Delta: A regional imbalanced development perspective37
The impact of transnational municipal networks on local energy consumption37
Quantifying urban hydrological processes effects on urban climate: A perspective from a novel parameterization scheme37
Unveiling seasonal disparities in urban form: Exploring scale and intensity effects on PM2.5 concentrations37
Porous media: A faster numerical simulation method applicable to real urban communities37
Long-term trends in ambient air pollutants and the effect of meteorological parameters in Tabriz, Iran37
Regional differences in influence of intermediate cover permeability on perched leachate in landfill36
Urban dynamics and potential vulnerability of coastal urban areas to sea level rise in the southeastern Levantine Basin36
Environmental isotope constraints and hydrogeochemical evolution of groundwater in the semi-arid national capital environs of Delhi, India36
Spatial-temporal modeling of the relationship between surface temperature and air temperature in metropolitan urban systems36
Mapping the time-varying spatial heterogeneity of temperature processes over the urban landscape of Augsburg, Germany36
Dynamic estimation of urban heat exposure for outdoor jogging: Combining individual trajectory and mean radiant temperature36
Landscape pattern optimization strategy of coastal mountainside greenway from a microclimatic comfort view in hot and humid areas36
Evaluating future flood risk mitigation capacities in major cities across China35
Challenges in continuous air quality improvement: An insight from the contribution of the recent clean air actions in China35
Environmental impacts of aerosol radiative effect and urbanization and their interactions over the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei City cluster35
Assessment of future prediction of urban growth and climate change in district Multan, Pakistan using CA-Markov method35
Assessing spatial inequities of thermal environment and blue-green intervention for vulnerable populations in dense urban areas35
Heavy metals in the water environment of Yangtze River Economic Belt: Status, fuzzy environmental risk assessment and management34
Influence of precursors and meteorology on ambient ozone over Indian western Himalayas34
Analysis of spatiotemporal household water consumption patterns and their relationship with meteorological variables34
Remembering Prof. Sergej Zilitinkevich: A modern-era legend in atmospheric turbulence and boundary layer studies34
Sub-seasonal aerosol characterization at the Middle East regions of AERONET site34
The effect of urban heat islands on pediatric asthma exacerbation: How race plays a role34
Urban fraction influence on local nocturnal cooling rates from low-cost sensors in Dallas-Fort Worth34
Modeling impacts of super cool roofs on air temperature at pedestrian level in mesoscale and microscale climate models34
Evaluation of surface urban energy and water balance scheme (SUEWS) using scaled 2D model experiments under various seasons and sky conditions33
Daily rainfall intensity and temporal trends in eastern Paraná state – Brazil33
The use of local climate zones in the urban environment: A systematic review of data sources, methods, and themes33
Practitioner perspectives on sea-level rise impacts on shallow groundwater: Implications for infrastructure asset management and climate adaptation33
Rapid spatio-temporal prediction of coastal urban floods based on deep learning approaches33
Impact of Singapore's COVID-19 confinement on atmospheric CO2 fluxes at neighborhood scale33
Remote sensing monitoring of the spatiotemporal dynamics of urban forest phenology and its response to climate and urbanization32
Detailed investigation of vegetation effects on microclimate by means of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in a tropical urban environment32
Modeling potential air temperature reductions yielded by cool roofs and urban irrigation in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area32
Driving toward sustainable cities: The interplay between Chinese emerging corporate ESG performance and climate finance in achieving low-carbon development32
The impact of block morphology on urban microclimates: A case study of three cities in cold regions of China32
Delineation of potential groundwater recharge zones using remote sensing, GIS, and AHP approaches32
Relationships between carbon emissions and urban population size and density, based on geo-urban scaling analysis: A multi‑carbon source empirical study32
A marked interannual variability of haze linked to particulate sources and meteorological conditions in Tehran (Iran), 1990–202031
Three-dimensional landscape features impact on urban surface wind velocity during a heatwave: Relative contribution and marginal effect31
Temporal convolutional denoising autoencoder network for air pollution prediction with missing values31
Fast or slow system: How does information exposure affect individual climate change mitigation responses?31
Seasonal and daily effects of the sea on the surface urban heat island intensity: A case study of cities in the Caspian Sea Plain31
Unravelling key environmental factors influencing urban park visits: Thermal comfort and air quality31
Numerical modeling of the distinct urbanization impact over Singapore during two contrasting weather scenarios31
Unveiling the dynamics of dry-and-humid, day-and-night, and compound heat waves across 209 Cities in China during 1974–202130
The relative importance of anthropogenic heat and wall heat flux on the street canyons warming: A multi-physics numerical simulation30
Response of surface energy components to urban heatwaves and its impact on human comfort in coastal city30
Ozone air concentration trend attributes assist hours-ahead forecasts from univariate recorded data avoiding exogenous data inputs30
Diesel vehicle emissions: Dissecting the multi-factorial effect on variations of VOC-component concentrations30
Exposure to hourly ambient temperature and temperature change between neighboring days and risk of emergency department visits for cause-specific cardiovascular disease30
Spatial test of collaborative treatment efficiency measurement and driving factors of air pollution in China's Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration29
Quantifying the spatial aggregation bias of urban heat data29
Risks and sources of atmospheric particulate-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (AP-PAHs) in seven regions of China: A review29
Geographical variability of ultrafine particle concentrations in urban and background regions in India29
Determinants of household flood resilience strategies in Kaduna Metropolis, Nigeria29
Investigation into the outdoor thermal comfort on different urban underlying surfaces29
An integrated air quality modeling system coupling regional-urban and street models in Beijing29
Influence of climate change and population growth on Amazon Metropolis water supply28
Comparative assessments for the carbon emissions and costs of road maintenance strategies in life cycle28
Dynamical and chemical impacts of urban green areas on air pollution in a city environment28
Low carbon urban strategies: An investigation of 124 European cities28
Spatial and temporal patterns of methane uptake in the urban environment28
Two-stage super-resolution simulation method of three-dimensional street-scale atmospheric flows for real-time urban micrometeorology prediction28
Waste classification using vision transformer based on multilayer hybrid convolution neural network28
Determining the key meteorological factors affecting atmospheric CO2 and CH4 using machine learning algorithms at a suburban site in China28
Does urban air pollution have an impact on public health? Empirical evidence from 288 prefecture-level cities in China28
Combined effects of future urban development and rainfall patterns on flood characteristics in the Qinhuai River basin28
From thermal demand characterization to accurate evaluation: Exploring seasonal differences in outdoor thermal comfort of the elderly in China's communities28
A systematic review investigating linear infrastructure effects on Urban Heat Island (UHIULI) and its interaction with UHI typologies28
Coupling coordination between the ecological environment and urbanization in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River urban agglomeration27
Forecasting PM2.5 levels in Santiago de Chile using deep learning neural networks27
Can public transportation development improve urban air quality? Evidence from China27
Effect of urbanization on aerosol optical depth over Beijing: Land use and surface temperature analysis27
Mapping local climate zones and its applications at the global scale: A systematic review of the last decade of progress and trend27
The suitability of the urban local climate zone classification scheme for surface temperature studies in distinct macroclimate regions27
Improving children's outdoor thermal comfort: A field study in China's severely cold regions27
Valuing carbon saving potential of urban parks in thermal mitigation: Linking accumulative and accessibility perspectives27
Anticipatory planning: Finding balance in climate change adaptation governance26
Coupling traffic originated urban air pollution estimation with an atmospheric chemistry model26
SEBU: A novel fully automated Google Earth Engine surface energy balance model for urban areas26
Exploring the spatial spillover effects of climate change on the supply of medical and health services: Evidence from China26
Assessment of Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) climate scenarios and its impacts on the Greater Accra region26
Extreme temperatures and respiratory mortality in the capital cities at high latitudes in Northeast China26
Energy and environment: How could energy-consuming transition promote the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon emission reduction in China?26
Assessing future flood risks in megacity suburbs under shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) scenarios: A case study of Beijing26
Revisiting air quality during lockdown persuaded by second surge of COVID-19 of megacity Delhi, India26
Comparison of PM spatiotemporal variations and exposure at adjacent signalized intersection and roundabout26
The contribution of urbanisation and climate conditions to increased urban heat load in Zagreb (Croatia) since the 1960s26
Exceptional heat island intensities also occur in medium-sized cities26
Reduction potential of vehicular emission in Chengdu, China: A case study of COVID-1925
A reliable and easy-to-implement approach to estimate daily urban benzene levels25
Rapid increase of the nighttime electricity demand in Beijing due to compound heatwaves25
Are climate change, urbanisation and political views correlated? Empirical evidence from South East Queensland25
Improvement of air quality index prediction using geographically weighted predictor methodology25
Insights into source-specific PM2.5 mass, light extinction, and health risks in heavily polluted urban and suburban areas, northwestern China25
Confounding effects of harvesting on urban heat island intensity in a mid-sized city in Brazil25
Projection of urban land surface temperature: An inter- and intra-annual modeling approach24
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on aerosol optical and radiative properties over Indo-Gangetic Plain24
Removal of azo dyes from synthetic wastewater using biochar derived from sewage sludge to prevent groundwater contamination24
Unintended consequences of urban shrinkage: Adverse impacts on local household carbon emissions24
Disasters in Petrópolis, Brazil: political, urban planning, and geometeorological factors that contributed to the event on February 15, 202224
Evolution and determinants of precipitation chemistry in a plateau city, China: Insight from the pollutants source identification and environmental effect24
Influences and pathways of urban form and lifestyle on carbon emission reduction24
Change in environmental justice scores in historically redlined communities compared to non-redlined communities: A case study of Richmond, Virginia24
Cross-sectoral preparedness and mitigation for networked typhoon disasters with cascading effects24
Virginia Heat Watch: Collaboration to assess climate vulnerability at local to regional scales24
How can street interface morphology effect pedestrian thermal comfort: A case study of the old town of Changsha, China24
Influences of joint action of natural and social factors on atmospheric process of hydrological cycle in Inner Mongolia, China24
Influence of historical city walls on the water cooling effects in summer24
A predictive analysis of thermal stress in a densifying urban business district under summer daytime conditions in a Mediterranean City24
Temperature-related mortality and future health risks from climate change in a middle eastern Metropolis24
Impact of digital economy on co-benefits of air pollution reduction and carbon reduction: Evidence from Chinese cities24
Multifactorial influences on land surface temperature within local climate zones of typical global cities23
Effect of vegetation and land surface temperature on NO2 concentration: A Google Earth Engine-based remote sensing approach23
Impact of synoptic condition on urban microclimate variation: A measurement study in a humid subtropical city during summer season23
Consistency of different instantaneous emission models for assessing the environmental impact of urban intersections23
Long-term temporal and spatial divergence patterns of urban heat risk in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei urban agglomeration23
A microclimate model for plant transpiration effects23
Municipal solid waste classification and real-time detection using deep learning methods23
Developing and classifying urban biomes as a basis for nature-based solutions23
Land cover aware temperature correction of bicycle transects: A case study of mapping the air temperature in two Belgian cities23
Impact of drought on cooling capacity and carbon sequestration in urban green area23
Flood modeling and baseline study in urban and high population environment: A case study of Majalaya, Indonesia23
Does polycentric development produce less transportation carbon emissions? Evidence from urban form identified by night-time lights across US metropolitan areas23
Prediction of extreme rainfall events in 21st century - The results based on Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo23
Spatial downscaling method for air temperature through the correlation between land use/land cover and microclimate: A case study of the Greater Tokyo Area, Japan23
An idealized sensitivity study of fine particles' impact on the urban vertical temperature structure23
Surface urban heat island in Budapest during heat waves and droughts - comparing the summers of 2003, 2007 and 202223
Multiscale numerical assessment of urban overheating under climate projections: A review23
Hydrogeochemical fingerprint, driving forces and spatial availability of groundwater in a coastal plain, Southeast China23
Participatory climate adaptation planning in New York City: Analyzing the role of community-based organizations23
The role of urban forests in mitigation of particulate air pollution: Evidence from ground observations in South Korea22
Efficiency assessment for the urban heat island mitigation measures in a city with an oceanic climate during the summer period: Case of Valdivia, Chile22
Unleashing hidden carbon sequestration potential: A case study of the Greater Bay Area, China22
Modelling and optimizing tree planning for urban climate in a subtropical high-density city22
Congestion and Pollutant Emission Analysis of Urban Road Networks Based on Floating Vehicle Data22
Decoupling government spending from carbon emissions: A spatio-temporal analysis of 283 Chinese cities22
Analytic Hierarchy Processes (AHP) evaluation of green roof- and green wall- based UHI mitigation strategies via ENVI-met simulations22
Disparities in the impact of urban heat island effect on particulate pollutants at different pollution stages - A case study of the “2 + 36” cities22
Street-scale air quality modelling over the West Midlands, United Kingdom: Effect of idealised traffic reduction scenarios22
Modelling the spatial pattern of heatwaves in the city of Bern using a land use regression approach22
Urban heat dome flow deflected by the Coriolis force22
AI-based air quality PM2.5 forecasting models for developing countries: A case study of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam22
Source apportionment and formation of warm season ozone pollution in Chengdu based on CMAQ-ISAM22
Elucidating the atmospheric boundary layer turbulence by combining UHF radar wind profiler and radiosonde measurements over urban area of Beijing22
The allergenic potential of green urban areas in the Macaronesian islands: The case of Funchal City (Madeira)22
A big picture of urban heat island mitigation strategies and recommendation for India22
Measuring and comparing thermal comfort in outdoor and semi-outdoor spaces in tropical Singapore22
How can informal environmental regulation improve urban air quality? Evidence from PITI publication in Chinese cities22
Long-term variation of O3 in the Yangtze River Delta and its influencing factors from a regional perspective22
Economic agglomeration and emissions reduction: Does high agglomeration in China's urban clusters lead to higher carbon intensity?21
Detection and attribution of urbanization impact on summer extreme heat based on nonstationary models in the Yangtze River Delta, China21
Effect of landscape pattern of urban surface evapotranspiration on land surface temperature21
Development of current and future high-resolution gridded emission inventory of anthropogenic air pollutants for urban air quality studies in Hanoi, Vietnam21
Analysis of land cover and SUHII pattern using local climate zone framework—A case study of Chang-Zhu-Tan main urban area21
Predicting next hour fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the Istanbul Metropolitan City using deep learning algorithms with time windowing strategy21
The effect of graduated urban park size on park cooling island and distance relative to land surface temperature (LST)21
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