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Urban water system theory and its model development and application
The urban water system theory is an extension of the basin water system science on an urban scale, providing a new systematic solution for the...
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An evaluation of WRF urban canopy models over Bengaluru, India
Numerical modeling of urban climate is essential for understanding mechanisms of the urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon. However, models must first...
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Sensitivity of urban heat island intensity to different urban surface descriptions over Warsaw
This study explores how urban land cover affects the formation of an urban heat island (UHI) over Warsaw, Poland. A high-resolution version of the...
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Analyzing Urban Drinking Water System Vulnerabilities and Locating Relief Points for Urban Drinking Water Emergencies
Urban water is known as a critical sector of urban environments which significantly impacts the life quality and wellbeing of reinstates. In the...
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Evaluation of the SPARTACUS-Urban Radiation Model for Vertically Resolved Shortwave Radiation in Urban Areas
The heterogenous structure of urban environments impacts interactions with radiation, and the intensity of urban–atmosphere exchanges. Numerical...
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Dynamics of urban sprawl on the peri-urban landscape and its relationship with urban heat island in Chennai Metropolitan Area, India
Economic expansion has fostered urbanization in develo** countries. Communities encountering rapid urbanization have a significant impact on the...
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Urban irrigation reduces moist heat stress in Bei**g, China
Although urban irrigation can modulate local hydrothermal conditions and mitigate urban heat island effects, its impact on moist heat stress (MHS) is...
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Evaluation of Remote Sensing Rainfall Products, Bias Correction and Temporal Disaggregation Approaches, for Improved Accuracy in Hydrologic Simulations
Flood risk management studies require reliable estimates of extreme precipitation at high spatial–temporal distribution to force hydrologic models....
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Identification of Urban Growth Typology and its Association with Thermal Environment: A Study of Siliguri Urban Agglomeration, West Bengal, India
Rapid urbanization and consequent disappearance of vegetation cover and increase in impervious surface have accelerated the increase in land surface...
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The boundary layer characteristics of coastal urban environments
The atmospheric boundary layer along the coastal-urban transect differs from that of urban or rural regions due to the distinctive interaction...
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Spatio-Temporal Variations and Effect of COVID-19 Led Lockdown on Urban Heat Island (UHI) and Urban Pollution Island (UPI) Over Delhi Region During 2017–2021
The urban environment is at substantial risk due to the pace of urbanization. There are two major components of the urban environment viz.
urban... 
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A rapid modeling method for urban microscale meteorology and its applications
This paper introduces a fast urban microscale meteorological model with a horizontal resolution of O (10) m, named URBAN (Urban Rapid & Building-Aware...
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Climate change, urban vulnerabilities and adaptation in Africa: a sco** review
Urban areas and the fastest-growing cities in Africa are experiencing devastating impact of climate change. The changing climate requires a human...
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An INS-assisted vector tracking receiver with multipath error estimation for dense urban canyons
Reliable, sustainable, and precise positioning in dense urban canyons is emerging as an important problem for global navigation satellite...
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Water-Food-Energy Nexus in Global Cities: Addressing Complex Urban Interdependencies
Understanding how water, food, and energy interact in the form of the water-food-energy (WFE) nexus is essential for sustainable development which...
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A spatial evaluation framework of urban physical resilience considering different phases of disaster risk management
The physical structure of urban settlements has become increasingly vulnerable to hazards following the growing trends of natural hazards, including...
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GNSS direct position estimation-inspired positioning with pseudorange correlogram for urban navigation
Multipath (MP) reception has been among the main issues for accurate and reliable positioning in urban environments. It has been shown to introduce...
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Evaluation of different constrained LAMBDAs for low-cost GNSS attitude determination in an urban environment
Complex urban environments limit the reception of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals, increasing the difficulty of ambiguity...
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Performance benchmarking on several regression models applied in urban flash flood risk assessment
To evaluate the performances of regression models applied in the urban flash flood risk assessment, the historical urban flash flood occurrences...
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Comparative analysis of bias correction techniques for future climate assessment using CMIP6 hydrological variables for the Indian subcontinent
The study focuses on the bias correction of Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) hydrologic variables for the Indian region. The...
