Assessing the impact of urban geometry on surface urban heat island using complete and nadir temperatures
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DOI: 10.1002/joc.6919
Abstract: The surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII) when using nadir‐viewing radiometric and complete surface temperature (Tr and Tc) was evaluated. The urban areas of the Kowloon peninsula and Hong Kong Island were selected and four… read more here.
Keywords: suhiir; building height; geometry; suhiic suhiir ... See more keywords
The impacts of building height variations and building packing densities on flow adjustment and city breathability in idealized urban models
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DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.03.042
Abstract: Abstract Improving city breathability has been confirmed as one feasible measure to improve pollutant dilution in the urban canopy layer (UCL). Building height variability enhances vertical mixing, but its impacts remain not completely explored. Therefore,… read more here.
Keywords: adjustment; city breathability; building height; city ... See more keywords
A global product of 150-m urban building height based on spaceborne lidar
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DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-04237-5
Abstract: Urban building height, as a fundamental 3D urban structural feature, has far-reaching applications. However, creating readily available datasets of recent urban building heights with fine spatial resolutions and global coverage remains a challenging task. Here,… read more here.
Keywords: building height; spaceborne lidar; urban building; product ... See more keywords
Inferring building height from footprint morphology data
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-66467-2
Abstract: As cities continue to grow globally, characterizing the built environment is essential to understanding human populations, projecting energy usage, monitoring urban heat island impacts, preventing environmental degradation, and planning for urban development. Buildings are a… read more here.
Keywords: height footprint; building; building height; morphology data ... See more keywords
Building Height Extraction From High-Resolution Single-View Remote Sensing Images Using Shadow and Side Information
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DOI: 10.1109/jstars.2024.3372113
Abstract: Extracting building heights from single-view remote sensing images greatly enhances the application of remote sensing data. While methods for extracting building height from single-view shadow images have been widely studied, it remains a challenging task.… read more here.
Keywords: information; building height; side; remote sensing ... See more keywords
SFobNet: An Improved Swin Transformer Integrating Urban Functional Zones for Object-Level Building Height Estimation From Sentinel-2 Images
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DOI: 10.1109/jstars.2025.3619085
Abstract: Building height is a critical parameter in modeling urban spatial structures, serving as an essential basis for interpreting urban form and evaluating spatial efficiency. Despite the remarkable progress in building height estimation, most existing methods… read more here.
Keywords: building; level; building height; height estimation ... See more keywords
Earthquake perception data highlight natural frequency details of Italian buildings
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DOI: 10.1177/87552930231164183
Abstract: As the distance from an earthquake increases, the percentage of people who do not feel it also increases. The average transition distance between “felt” and “not felt” reports is mainly determined by the magnitude and… read more here.
Keywords: earthquake perception; frequency; building height; perception ... See more keywords
The impact of building height on urban thermal environment in summer: A case study of Chinese megacities
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247786
Abstract: The quantitative relationship between the spatial variation of building’s height and the associated land surface temperature (LST) change in six Chinese megacities is investigated in this paper. The six cities involved are Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin,… read more here.
Keywords: building height; chinese megacities; impact building; building ... See more keywords