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BCUS / Selected Research Publications

Abreu-Harbich, L. V. D., Labaki, L. C., & Matzarakis, A. (2025). Using Landscape Design to Mitigate Urban Climate: Campinas Case. In Ecology of Tropical Cities, Volume I: Natural and Social Sciences Applied to the Conservation of Urban Biodiversity (pp. 341-359).

Ankrah, J., Monteiro, A., Madureira, H., 2024. Temperature variability in coastal Ghana: a day-to-day variability framework. Theor. Appl. Climatol. 155, 6351–6370.

Geletič, J., Krüger, E., Demuzere, M., Leuchner, M., Jurek, M., Lehnert, M., 2026. Nighttime artificial light intensity in local climate zones: A comparative study for global cities. Cities 170, 106722.

Giannaros, C., Agathangelidis, I., Papavasileiou, G., Galanaki, E., Kotroni, V., Lagouvardos, K., Giannaros, T.M., Cartalis, C., Matzarakis, A., 2023. The extreme heat wave of July–August 2021 in the Athens urban area (Greece): Atmospheric and human-biometeorological analysis exploiting ultra-high resolution numerical modeling and the local climate zone framework. Sci. Total Environ. 857, 159300.

Giannaros, C., Galanaki, E., Agathangelidis, I., 2024. Climatology and long-term trends in population exposure to urban heat stress considering variable demographic and thermo–physiological attributes. Climate 12, 210.

Gündoğdu, B., Nouri, A.S., Afacan, Y., Matzarakis, A., 2023. Investigating the impacts of shaded outdoor spaces on thermal adaptation and cognitive performance of university students in classroom environments. Int. J. Biometeorol. 67, 1941–1955. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-023-02552-x

Krüger, E., Ihlenfeld, W., Callejas, I., Guerrieri, J., 2025. Gauging the impact of heatwaves on the thermal perception of pedestrians with thermal walks in a humid subtropical climate. Int. J. Biometeorol. 69, 1139–1152.

Lopes, H.S., Vidal, D.G., Cherif, N., Silva, L., Remoaldo, P.C., 2025. Green infrastructure and its influence on urban heat island, heat risk, and air pollution: A case study of Porto (Portugal). J. Environ. Manage. 376, 124446.

Matzarakis, A., 2024. Importance of heat health warnings in heat management. Atmosphere (Basel)

Mendes, P.T., Nouri, A.S., Matzarakis, A., 2025. Evaluating Outdoor Human Thermal Comfort Through Climate-Resilient Adaptation: A Case Study at School of Science and Technology (NOVA FCT) Campus. Atmosphere (Basel).

Nouri, A. S., Costa, J. P., Santamouris, M., Matzarakis, A. 2018. Approaches to outdoor thermal comfort thresholds through public space design: A review. Atmosphere, 9(3), 108.

Nouri, A. S., Rodriguez-Algecíras, J., Matzarakis, A., 2023. Dynamic Annual Solstice Patterns and Urban Morphology: Bioclimatic Lessons for In-situ Adaptation Measures within the Warming City of Ankara, Türkiye, in: Climate Change and Cooling Cities. Springer, pp. 189–214.

Nouri, A.S., Çalışkan, O., Charalampopoulos, I., Cheval, S., Matzarakis, A., 2022. Defining local extreme heat thresholds and Indoor Cooling Degree Necessity for vulnerable residential dwellings during the 2020 summer in Ankara – Part I: Air temperature. Sol. Energy 242, 435–453.

Parliari, D., Economou, T., Giannaros, C., Kushta, J., Melas, D., Matzarakis, A., Lelieveld, J., 2024. A comprehensive approach for assessing synergistic impact of air quality and thermal conditions on mortality: The case of Thessaloniki, Greece. Urban Clim. 56, 102088.

Potchter, O., Cohen, P., Lin, T.-P., Matzarakis, A., 2022. A systematic review advocating a framework and benchmarks for assessing outdoor human thermal perception. Sci. Total Environ. 833, 155128.

C. Reis, A. Lopes, A.S. Nouri, Assessing urban heat island effects through local weather types in Lisbon's Metropolitan Area using big data from the Copernicus service, Urban Climate 43 (2022) 101168

Sarı, E.N., Nouri, A.S., Ekşi, M., Matzarakis, A., 2025. Quantifying thermo-physiological stress exposure during extreme events: Developing a morphological case study in Istanbul. Build. Environ. 267, 112304.

Sarı, E.N., Nouri, A.S., Ekşi, M., Matzarakis, A., 2025. Assessing thermo-physiological effects of different tree species within the inner regions of the urban canyon; confronting in-situ extreme heat stress in Istanbul during the El-Niño summer of 2023. Int. J. Biometeorol. 69, 1663–1686.

Yu, S.-Y., Lin, T.-P., Matzarakis, A., 2025. Heat impact assessment and heat prevention suggestions for thermal comfort at large-area and long-duration outdoor sport events in Taiwan. Atmosphere (Basel). 16, 805.

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