Publications
The Human Influence Experiment (Part 2): Guidelines for Improved Mapping of Local Climate Zones Using a Supervised Classification KU Leuven Ghent University
Sky View Factor footprints for urban climate modeling KU Leuven Ghent University
The cooling effect of irrigation on urban microclimate during heatwave conditions KU Leuven Ghent University
© 2018 Elsevier B.V. The emergence of integrated urban water management (IUWM), provides a unique opportunity for passive evaporative cooling of urban environments. This study investigates the potential of purposefully managed irrigation for cooling benefits in a suburb of Adelaide, Australia, where IUWM is widely adopted. SURFEX was used to simulate heatwave conditions across a suburban environment. Results from two simulation periods are ...
Influence of neighbourhood information on 'Local Climate Zone' mapping in heterogeneous cities KU Leuven Ghent University
© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Local climate zone (LCZ) mapping is an emerging field in urban climate research. LCZs potentially provide an objective framework to assess urban form and function worldwide. The scheme is currently being used to globally map LCZs as a part of the World Urban Database and Access Portal Tools (WUDAPT) initiative. So far, most of the LCZ maps lack proper quantitative assessment, challenging the generic character of the WUDAPT ...
Quality of Crowdsourced Data on Urban Morphology-The Human Influence Experiment (HUMINEX) KU Leuven Ghent University
A non-linear Granger-causality framework to investigate climate-vegetation dynamics KU Leuven Ghent University
© 2017 Author(s). Satellite Earth observation has led to the creation of global climate data records of many important environmental and climatic variables. These come in the form of multivariate time series with different spatial and temporal resolutions. Data of this kind provide new means to further unravel the influence of climate on vegetation dynamics. However, as advocated in this article, commonly used statistical methods are often too ...
Impact of urban canopy models and external parameters on the modelled urban energy balance in a tropical city KU Leuven Ghent University
To date, existing urban land surface models (ULSMs) have been mostly evaluated and optimized for mid- and high-latitude cities. For the first time, we provide a comparative evaluation of four ULSMs for a tropical residential neighbourhood in Singapore using directly measured energy balance components. The simulations are performed offline, for an 11 month period, using the bulk scheme TERRA URB and three models of intermediate complexity (CLM, ...
Thermal evaluation of the Local Climate Zone scheme in Belgium KU Leuven Ghent University
© 2017 IEEE. Global warming and the increasing world population will only put more pressure on the living conditions in urban environments. From a thermal comfort point of view, it is clear that there is a need for sustainable urban planning in which the thermal behavior of new developments can be accounted for. Mapping the city into local climate zones (LCZs), with unique air temperature regimes, could be a useful tool supporting urban planners ...
Drivers of future changes in East African precipitation KU Leuven
Precipitation amounts over East Africa have been declining over the last decades. These changes and future climate change over the region are highly debated. This study analyzes drivers of future precipitation changes over East Africa by applying a classification of circulation patterns on 15 historical and future members of the COordinated Regional climate Downscaling EXperiment. Typical circulation types (CTs) are obtained. Under a high ...