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A global map of local climate zones to support earth system modelling and urban-scale environmental science
Matthias Demuzere
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
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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