Timothy R. Oke

TL;DR: In this paper, a combination of remotely sensed surface temperature and air temperature from fixed station and mobile (car and bicycle) traverses is used to characterize the magnitude of park-induced coolness the "park cool island" (PCI) effect.

TL;DR: In this article, the temporal development of the spatial distribution of air temperature across the canyon together with the airflow and stability conditions for a complete day is analyzed. And the canyon air remains unstable during the nocturnal cooling period in the summer in Japan.

TL;DR: In this paper, the conceptual division of local climate zones (LCZs) with temperature observations and simulation results from surface-atmosphere models is evaluated for heat island studies, and it is shown that thermal contrasts exist among all LCZ classes, and such contrasts are governed largely by building height and spacing, pervious surface fraction, tree density, and soil wetness.

TL;DR: In this paper, a simple objective hysteresis model (OHM) is used to calculate storage heat flux as a function of net all-wave radiation and the surface properties of the site, which performs well in most cases, with the notable exception of Tucson; but considerable scatter is observed at some sites.

TL;DR: In this paper, a linked set of simple equations specifically designed to calculate heat fluxes for the urban environment is presented, which has similarities to the hybrid plume dispersion model (HPDM) scheme.