Results of Stanford University Ranking 2019

The ranking list of the most cited 100000 scientists for all disciplines and per discipline as published by Stanford University two days a go. Happy to be no 679 in the global ranking list for all sciences.

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An Innovative Method to Evaluate the Magnitude of the Urban Heat Island is developed and published in the paper below

V. Sangiorgio, F. Fiorito, M. Santamouris: Development of a holistic urban heat island evaluation methodology, Scientific Reports Nature, 2020 (2020) 10:17913

 

Urban Heat island (UHi) phenomenon concerns the development of higher ambient temperatures in urban districts compared to the surrounding rural areas. Several studies investigated the influence of individual parameters in the UHi phenomenon, on the other hand, an exhaustive study that quantifies the influence of each parameter in the resulting UHi is missing in the related literature. This paper proposes a new index aimed at quantifying the hazard of the absolute maximum UHi intensity in urban districts during the Summer season by taking all the parameters influencing the phenomenon into account.

The magnitude of Urban Heat Island is increasing Significantly during Heat Waves. Check the latest developments from Sydney, Australia

 H. Seed Khan, Mattheos Santamouris,, Riccardo Paolini , Peter Caccetta , Pavlos Kassomenos :  Analyzing the local and climatic conditions affecting the Urban Overheating Magnitude during the Heatwaves (HWs) in a coastal city, a case study of the greater Sydney region. Science of the Total Environment, Volume 755,Part 1, 10 February 2021, 142515

 

Abstract

Urban overheating coincides with Heatwaves (HWs) and the thermal stress might get amplified in cities. To predict the interactions between urban overheating and HWs, the surface energy balance response to HWs is crucial. HW is a regional phenomenon and the climatic conditions may influence the local conditions to alter the energy budget contrast between a city and its adjacent peripheral areas. The interactions between the urban overheating and HWs are explored in a coastal city (Sydney Australia), also in the proximity of dry landmass, while considering the site characteristics, distance from the coast, and the population density. A positive response between urban overheating and HWs is reported.