Search Results - "Meier, Fred"

Intra and inter ‘local climate zone’ variability of air temperature as observed by crowdsourced citizen weather stations in Berlin, Germany by Fenner, Daniel, Meier, Fred, Bechtel, Benjamin, Otto, Marco, Scherer, Dieter

“…A one-year data set for the year 2015 of near-surface air temperature (T$T$), crowdsourced from ‘Netatmo’ citizen weather stations (CWS) in Berlin, Germany,…”
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Crowdsourcing air temperature from citizen weather stations for urban climate research by Meier, Fred, Fenner, Daniel, Grassmann, Tom, Otto, Marco, Scherer, Dieter

“…Provision of accurate air temperature data in urban environments with high spatial and temporal resolution over long time periods remains a challenge in…”
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Contrasting changes of urban heat island intensity during hot weather episodes by Fenner, Daniel, Holtmann, Achim, Meier, Fred, Langer, Ines, Scherer, Dieter

“…Cities typically exhibit higher air temperatures than their rural surroundings, a phenomenon known as the urban heat island (UHI) effect. Contrasting results…”
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Modification of Heat-Related Mortality in an Elderly Urban Population by Vegetation (Urban Green) and Proximity to Water (Urban Blue): Evidence from Lisbon, Portugal by Burkart, Katrin, Meier, Fred, Schneider, Alexandra, Breitner, Susanne, Canário, Paulo, Alcoforado, Maria João, Scherer, Dieter, Endlicher, Wilfried

“…Urban populations are highly vulnerable to the adverse effects of heat, with heat-related mortality showing intra-urban variations that are likely due to…”
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Development and Application of a Statistically-Based Quality Control for Crowdsourced Air Temperature Data by Napoly, Adrien, Grassmann, Tom, Meier, Fred, Fenner, Daniel

“…In urban areas, dense atmospheric observational networks with high-quality data are still a challenge due to high costs for installation and maintenance over…”
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Spatial and temporal air temperature variability in Berlin, Germany, during the years 2001–2010 by Fenner, Daniel, Meier, Fred, Scherer, Dieter, Polze, Albert

“…•Spatial air temperature differences (ΔT) were studied for five sites.•Temporal anomalies were calculated with respect to the decadal mean.•ΔT was strongest at…”
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Summer Nights in Berlin, Germany: Modeling Air Temperature Spatially With Remote Sensing, Crowdsourced Weather Data, and Machine Learning by Vulova, Stenka, Meier, Fred, Fenner, Daniel, Nouri, Hamideh, Kleinschmit, Birgit

“…Urban areas tend to be warmer than their rural surroundings, well-known as the "urban heat island" effect. Higher nocturnal air temperature (Tair) is…”
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CrowdQC+—A Quality-Control for Crowdsourced Air-Temperature Observations Enabling World-Wide Urban Climate Applications by Fenner, Daniel, Bechtel, Benjamin, Demuzere, Matthias, Kittner, Jonas, Meier, Fred

“…In recent years, the collection and utilisation of crowdsourced data has gained attention in atmospheric sciences and citizen weather stations (CWS), i.e.,…”
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Quantifying Local and Mesoscale Drivers of the Urban Heat Island of Moscow with Reference and Crowdsourced Observations by Varentsov, Mikhail, Fenner, Daniel, Meier, Fred, Samsonov, Timofey, Demuzere, Matthias

“…Urban climate features, such as the urban heat island (UHI), are determined by various factors characterizing the modifications of the surface by the built…”
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Intercomparison and combination of low-cost urban air temperature measurement approaches by Meyer, Lukas, Gubler, Moritz, Meier, Fred, Brönnimann, Stefan

“…Measurements of urban air temperatures (Tair$T_{\text{air}}$) are vital to successful adaptation and mitigation policies to increasing urban heat stress…”
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High-frequency fluctuations of surface temperatures in an urban environment by Christen, Andreas, Meier, Fred, Scherer, Dieter

“…This study presents an attempt to resolve fluctuations in surface temperatures at scales of a few seconds to several minutes using time-sequential thermography…”
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Evaluating the Effects of Façade Greening on Human Bioclimate in a Complex Urban Environment by Scherer, Dieter, Hoelscher, Marie-Therese, Meier, Fred, Jänicke, Britta

“…The evaluation of the effectiveness of countermeasures for a reduction of urban heat stress, such as façade greening, is challenging due to lacking…”
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How Cool Are Allotment Gardens? A Case Study of Nocturnal Air Temperature Differences in Berlin, Germany by Rost, Annemarie Tabea, Liste, Victoria, Seidel, Corinna, Matscheroth, Lea, Otto, Marco, Meier, Fred, Fenner, Daniel

“…Urban green infrastructures have been extensively studied for their ability to mitigate the urban heat island (UHI) effect. However, allotment gardens (AGs)—a…”
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Interaction between urban heat island and urban pollution island during summer in Berlin by Li, Huidong, Meier, Fred, Lee, Xuhui, Chakraborty, Tirthankar, Liu, Junfeng, Schaap, Martijn, Sodoudi, Sahar

“…Urban Heat Island (UHI) and Urban Pollution Island (UPI) are two major problems of the urban environment and have become more serious with rapid urbanization…”
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Hyperlocal mapping of urban air temperature using remote sensing and crowdsourced weather data by Venter, Zander S., Brousse, Oscar, Esau, Igor, Meier, Fred

“…The impacts of climate change such as extreme heat waves are exacerbated in cities where most of the world's population live. Quantifying urbanization impacts…”
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Spatial and temporal variability of urban tree canopy temperature during summer 2010 in Berlin, Germany by Meier, Fred, Scherer, Dieter

“…Trees form a significant part of the urban vegetation. Their meteorological and climatological effects at all scales in urban environments make them a flexible…”
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Prediction of urban ultrafine particle emission fluxes using generalized additive models by Bitz, Tobias, Gerling, Lars, Meier, Fred, Weber, Stephan

“…Ultrafine particles (UFP) are abundant in urban atmospheres. To assess the strength and temporal variation of urban UFP emission sources, information on the…”
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Impact of the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown on NO2 and PM10 concentrations in Berlin, Germany by Schatke, Mona, Meier, Fred, Schröder, Boris, Weber, Stephan

“…In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic due to the rapid and worldwide spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. To prevent spread of the…”
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Significant reduction of ultrafine particle emission fluxes to the urban atmosphere during the COVID-19 lockdown by Straaten, Agnes, Meier, Fred, Scherer, Dieter, Weber, Stephan

“…The worldwide restrictions of social contacts that were implemented in spring 2020 to slow down infection rates of the SARS-CoV-2 virus resulted in significant…”
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Modeling urban evapotranspiration using remote sensing, flux footprints, and artificial intelligence by Vulova, Stenka, Meier, Fred, Rocha, Alby Duarte, Quanz, Justus, Nouri, Hamideh, Kleinschmit, Birgit

“…As climate change progresses, urban areas are increasingly affected by water scarcity and the urban heat island effect. Evapotranspiration (ET) is a crucial…”
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