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Chao Ren
Researcher at University of Hong Kong
Publications - 196
Citations - 5558
Chao Ren is an academic researcher from University of Hong Kong. The author has contributed to research in topics: Urban climate & Urban heat island. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 152 publications receiving 3129 citations. Previous affiliations of Chao Ren include Xidian University & Xuzhou Medical College.
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Improving the wind environment in high-density cities by understanding urban morphology and surface roughness: A study in Hong Kong
TL;DR: The study establishes that the simpler two-dimensional ground coverage ratio (GCR), which is readily available in the planning circle, can be used to predict the area's average pedestrian level urban ventilation performance of the city.
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Sky view factor analysis of street canyons and its implications for daytime intra-urban air temperature differentials in high-rise, high-density urban areas of Hong Kong: a GIS-based simulation approach
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper investigated the role of sky view factor (SVF) in determining summer daytime intra-urban air temperature differences in urban Hong Kong and showed that SVF is a significant factor for understanding the microthermal climate in Hong Kong's street canyons.
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WUDAPT: An Urban Weather, Climate, and Environmental Modeling Infrastructure for the Anthropocene
Jason Ching,Gerald Mills,Benjamin Bechtel,Linda See,Johannes J. Feddema,Xuemei Wang,Chao Ren,Oscar Brousse,Alberto Martilli,Marina Neophytou,Petros Mouzourides,Iain D. Stewart,Adel Hanna,Edward Ng,Michael Foley,P. Alexander,Daniel G. Aliaga,Dev Niyogi,Anamika Shreevastava,P. Bhalachandran,V. Masson,Julia Hidalgo,Jimmy Chi Hung Fung,Maria de Fátima Andrade,Alexander Baklanov,W. Dai,G. Milcinski,Matthias Demuzere,Nathaniel A. Brunsell,Martino Pesaresi,Shiguang Miao,Q. Mu,Fei Chen,N.E. Theeuwes +33 more
TL;DR: The World Urban Database and Access Portal Tools (WUDAPT) as mentioned in this paper is an international community-based initiative to acquire and disseminate climate relevant data on the physical geographies of cities for modeling and analysis purposes.
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Urban climatic map studies: a review
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed progress in urban climatic map (UCMap) studies and discussed the mitigation measures inspired by these studies and associated urban climate planning recommendations, and both significant developments and existing problems are discussed.
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Regulation of outdoor thermal comfort by trees in Hong Kong
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the impact of various trees on urban micrometeorological conditions in both open space and high density settings, and how they regulate outdoor thermal comfort.