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Urban Climate

Urban Climate is a subfield of climatology that specifically examines the distinct meteorological conditions and microclimatic variations occurring within urban environments due to the modification of land surfaces, anthropogenic heat production, and alterations in airflow patterns caused by urban structures.

11K

Publications

829.1K

Citations

26.7K

Authors

4.8K

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Publications per year

2017–2026

6.5K

Variants

Urban Climate Studies

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11K

The energetic basis of the urban heat island

T. R. Oke · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 1982 · 4.6K citations

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Local Climate Zones for Urban Temperature Studies

Iain D. Stewart, T. R. Oke · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 2012 · 4.2K citations

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Thermal remote sensing of urban climates

James Voogt, T. R. Oke · Remote Sensing of Environment · 2003 · 3.1K citations

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City size and the urban heat island

T. R. Oke · Atmospheric Environment (1967) · 1973 · 2.5K citations

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Impact of urbanization and land-use change on climate

Eugenia Kalnay, Ming Cai · Nature · 2003 · 2.4K citations · Full text

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Authors

26.7K

  1. MS
    M. Santamouris

    National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

    104 publications · 13.9K citations

    60

    h-index

  2. SG
    Sue Grimmond

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    98 publications · 11.7K citations

    56

    h-index

  3. VM
    Valéry Masson

    Météo-France, France

    51 publications · 7.4K citations

    41

    h-index

  4. AM
    Andreas Matzarakis

    University of Freiburg, Germany

    70 publications · 5.6K citations

    40

    h-index

  5. CR
    Chao Ren

    Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    59 publications · 5.7K citations

    40

    h-index

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Institutions

4.8K

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    111 h-index

    1.8K publications

    125.4K citations

  2. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    100 h-index

    672 publications

    78.4K citations

  3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    84 h-index

    677 publications

    48.2K citations

  4. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research

    Beijing, China

    78 h-index

    496 publications

    40.9K citations

  5. Peking University

    Beijing, China

    74 h-index

    511 publications

    54.4K citations

  6. Beijing Normal University

    Beijing, China

    72 h-index

    579 publications

    39.3K citations

  7. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    71 h-index

    382 publications

    28.7K citations

  8. National University of Singapore

    Singapore, Singapore

    69 h-index

    324 publications

    33.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Building and Environment

    462 publications · 43.8K citations

    110

    h-index

  2. Sustainable Cities and Society

    605 publications · 44.5K citations

    105

    h-index

  3. The Science of The Total Environment

    372 publications · 35.1K citations

    101

    h-index

  4. Urban Climate

    602 publications · 33.6K citations

    91

    h-index

  5. Landscape and Urban Planning

    162 publications · 24.4K citations

    88

    h-index

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