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A global map of local climate zones to support earth system modelling and urban-scale environmental science
Matthias Demuzere
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                                            Urban Climatology Group, Department of Geography, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
                                        
                                    Jonas Kittner
                                            Urban Climatology Group, Department of Geography, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
                                        
                                    Alberto Martilli
                                            Environmental Department, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain
                                        
                                    Gerald Mills
                                            School of Geography, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
                                        
                                    Christian Moede
                                            Urban Climatology Group, Department of Geography, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
                                        
                                    Iain D. Stewart
                                            Global Cities Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                                        
                                    Jasper van Vliet
                                            Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081, HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
                                        
                                    Benjamin Bechtel
                                            Urban Climatology Group, Department of Geography, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
                                        
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                    Because urban areas are key contributors to climate change but are also susceptible to multiple hazards, one needs spatially detailed information on urban landscapes to support environmental services. This global local climate zone map describes this much-needed intra-urban heterogeneity across the whole surface of the earth in a universal language and can serve as a basic infrastructure to study e.g. environmental hazards, energy demand, and climate adaptation and mitigation solutions.
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