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Lei Zhao
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Urban Land Expansion Amplifies Surface Warming More in Dry Climate than in Wet Climate: A Global Sensitivity Study
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES
24 february 2025
Keer Zhang, Bowen Fang, Keith W. Oleson, Lei Zhao,...
Urbanization changes Earth's climate by contributing to the buildup of atmospheric greenhouse gases and altering surface biophysical properties. In...
Improving Urban Climate Adaptation Modeling in the Community Earth System Model (CESM) Through Transient Urban Surface Albedo Representation
JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN MODELING EARTH SYSTEMS
15 december 2024
Yuan Sun, Bowen Fang, Keith W. Oleson, Lei Zhao, D...
Increasing the albedo of urban surfaces, through strategies like white roof installations, has emerged as a promising approach for urban climate ad...
Disagreements in estimates of urban land from global maps for the past, present, and future across scales
MULTISECTOR DYNAMICS: ADVANCES IN GLOBAL-TO-REGIONAL LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE MODELING II ORAL
global environmental change | 13 december 2024
TC Chakraborty, Zander Venter, Matthias Demuzere, ...
The rise in high-resolution satellite technology and computational advancements has enabled the development of global urban land cover datasets, cruci...
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Understanding urbanization-climate interactions: mechanism and challenges
ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING LAND SYSTEM CHANGE I ORAL
biogeosciences | 13 december 2024
Lei Zhao
Urbanization represents one of the most significant anthropogenic changes to the Earths surface, with profound climatic effects across scales through ...
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Building the scientific foundation for climate solutions in cities
URBAN AREAS AND GLOBAL CHANGE II ORAL
global environmental change | 13 december 2024
Andrew D. Jones, Negin Nazarian, Angel Hsu, Christ...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has announced a Special Report on Climate Change and Cities, which is set for release in early 20...
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Urban Climate Modeling to Examine Local Thermodynamic Impacts from Rain Gardens Across Contiguous U.S. Cities
URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS: PEOPLE, PLANTS, AND WATER IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT II ORAL
hydrology | 13 december 2024
Laura Gray, Lei Zhao, Ashlynn S. Stillwell
As urban populations increase and built infrastructure ages, climate change impacts are particularly pronounced in urban environments. Cities today fa...
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Global Urban Land Expansion Amplifies Surface Warming More in Dry Climate than in Wet Climate
URBAN AREAS AND GLOBAL CHANGE III ORAL
global environmental change | 13 december 2024
Keer Zhang, Bowen Fang, Keith W. Oleson, Lei Zhao,...
Urban land expansion influences the Earths climate by contributing to the buildup of greenhouse gases and by changing surface biophysical properties. ...
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Large Discrepancies between Air Temperature and Land Surface Temperature in Understanding Urban Heat Exposure
URBAN AREAS AND GLOBAL CHANGE IV ORAL
global environmental change | 13 december 2024
Yiwen Zhang, Lei Zhao, Pierre Gentine, TC Chakrabo...
Understanding urban heat stress is crucial for effective urban planning, yet high-resolution urban 2-meter height air temperature (T2m) data is lackin...
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