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  • Hua, J.Y., Zhang, X.Y., Ren, C.*, Shi, Y., Lee, T.C., (2020). A spatiotemporal assessment of extreme heat risk for high-density cities: A case study of Hong Kong from 2006 to 2016, Sustainable Cities and Society.(accepted) doi:10.1016/j.scs.2020.102507

  • McRae, I.K.*, Freedman, F., Rivera, A., Li, X.-W., Dou, J.-J., Cruz, I., Ren, C., Dronova, I., Franker, H., Bornstein, R., (2020).  Integration of the WUDAPT, WRF, and ENVI-met models to simulate extreme daytime temperature mitigation strategies in San Jose, California, Building and Environment, vol.184, 10718, (accepted). doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.107180

  • Cai, M., Shi, Y., & Ren, C.* (2020). Developing a High-resolution Emission Inventory Tool for Low-Carbon City Management Using Hybrid Method – A Pilot Test in High-density Hong Kong. Energy and Buildings, vol.226, 110376. (accepted).  doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110376


  • Wang, Q., Zhang, C., Ren, C., Hang, J., & Li, Y.* (2020). Urban heat island circulations over the Beijing-Tianjin region under calm and fair conditions. Building and Environment, 107063. (accepted). doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.107063


  • Zhou, X.*, Okaze, T., Ren, C., Cai, M., Ishida, Y., Watanabe, H., & Mochida, A. (2020). Mapping local climate zones for a Japanese large city by an extended workflow of WUDAPT Level 0 method, Urban Climate, vol.33, 100660, doi: 10.1016/j.uclim.2020.100660


  • Kwok, Y.T., de Munck, C., Schoetter, R., Ren, C., Lau, K.K.-L., (2020) Refined dataset to describe the complex urban environment of Hong Kong for urban climate modelling studies at the mesoscale, Theoretical and Applied Climatology (Accepted)


  • Wang, P., Goggins, W.B.*, Zhang, X., Ren, C., Lau, K.K.-L. (2020). Association of urban built environment and socioeconomic factors with suicide mortality in high-density cities: A case study of Hong Kong. Science of The Total Environment, 739, 139877. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139877

  • Zhou, X.*, Okaze, T., Ren, C., Cai, M., Ishida, Y., Watanabe, H., & Mochida, A. (2020). Evaluation of urban heat islands using local climate zones and the influence of sea-land breeze. Sustainable Cities and Society, 55, 102060. doi:10.1016/j.scs.2020.102060

  • Ren, C., Cai, M.*, Li, X., Shi, Y., & See, L. (2020). Developing a rapid method for 3-dimensional urban morphology extraction using open-source data. Sustainable Cities and Society, 53, 101962. doi:10.1016/j.scs.2019.101962

  • Ouyang, W.*, Morakinyo, T. E., Ren, C., & Ng, E. (2020). The cooling efficiency of variable greenery coverage ratios in different urban densities: A study in a subtropical climate. Building and Environment, 174, 106772. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.106772

  • Morakinyo, T. E.*, Ouyang, W., Lau, K. K.-L., Ren, C., & Ng, E. (2020). Right tree, right place (urban canyon): Tree species selection approach for optimum urban heat mitigation - development and evaluation. Science of The Total Environment, 719, 137461. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137461

  • Liu, J., Hansen, A., Varghese, B., Liu, Z., Tong, M., Qiu, H., Tian, L., Lau, K. K.-L., Ng, E., Ren, C.*, & Bi, P. (2020). Cause-specific mortality attributable to cold and hot ambient temperatures in Hong Kong: a time-series study, 2006–2016. Sustainable Cities and Society, 57, 102131. doi:10.1016/j.scs.2020.102131

  • Grimmond, S., Bouchet, V., Molina, L. T., Baklanov, A., Tan, J., Schlünzen, K. H., Mills, G., Golding, B., Masson, V., Ren, C., Voogt, J., Miao, S., Lean, H., Heusinkveld, B., Hovespyan, A., Teruggi, G., Parrish, P., & Joe, P. (2020). Integrated urban hydrometeorological, climate and environmental services: Concept, methodology and key messages. Urban Climate, 33, 100623. doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2020.100623

  • Baklanov, A., Cárdenas, B., Lee, T.-c., Leroyer, S., Masson, V., Molina, L. T., Müller, T., Ren, C., Vogel, F. R., & Voogt, J. A. (2020). Integrated urban services: Experience from four cities on different continents. Urban Climate, 32, 100610. doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2020.100610

  • Bechtel, B.*, Alexander, P. J., Beck, C., Böhner, J., Brousse, O., Ching, J., Demuzere, M., Fonte, C., Gál, T., Hidalgo, J., Hoffmann, P., Middel, A., Mills, G., Ren, C., et al., (2019). Generating WUDAPT Level 0 data – Current status of production and evaluation. Urban Climate, 27, 24-45. doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2018.10.001

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