Challenges in Modelling and Observing Urban Environments: Recent Trends, Current Progress and Future Directions

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to contribute to the Special Issue “Challenges in modelling and observing urban environments: recent trends, current progress and future directions”, to be published in MDPI Open Access Journal Atmosphere.

The percentage of the global population living in cities is progressively increasing. The study of urban environments and related living conditions is thus crucial for the well-being of more and more citizens. In recent decades, the international scientific community has paid considerable attention to the livability of cities, also identifying the routes to follow for their sustainable development. Usually, urban issues can be addressed both with the observational method, i.e., through measurements obtained from remote sensing tools and with the modeling method, i.e., by analyzing the outputs of numerical simulations, the synergy between the two methods represents the optimal solution.

The motivation of this Special Issue hosted by the journal Atmosphere is to enhance the recent outcomes in the characterization of urban environments based on different methodologies (i.e., both observational and numerical) and from different points of view. The Guest Editors encourage the submission of relevant contributions including, but not limited to, the following topics: air quality, thermo-hygrometric well-being, energy consumption, thermal stress mitigation techniques, effects of climate change, ground- and satellite-based techniques for environmental monitoring, the interaction between circulation systems at different spatial and temporal scales. Submissions concerning multidisciplinary approaches and future challenges are also welcome.

Dr. Serena Falasca
Dr. Annalisa Di Bernardino
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Atmosphere is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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