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Lu Liang - Professor, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Status: Current Term Now Closed Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs Location: On Campus
The urban heat island phenomenon, characterized by significantly higher temperatures in urban areas compared to surrounding rural areas, is a critical global challenge with significant social and environmental impacts. While satellite remote sensing provides valuable data on land surface temperatures, it does not directly measure the ambient air temperatures that...
Engineering, Design & Technologies Environmental IssuesLu Liang - Professor, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Status: Current Term Now Closed Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs Location: On Campus
Understanding urban climate dynamics, such as the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, requires comprehensive datasets on urban morphology and land cover. Local Climate Zones (LCZs) provide a standardized framework for classifying urban and rural areas based on their physical and surface properties. A global LCZ database is essential for analyzing...
Engineering, Design & Technologies Environmental Issues