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2025

Bicycle-measurements: v0.1

Michiel VieijraThomas VergauwenSara Top

Enabling urban climate model validation with meter-scale heat stress observations

Ian HelleboschSara TopNiels SouverijnsSacha TakacsKoen De RidderSteven Caluwaerts

Gap filling of urban temperature time series by debiasing ERA5

Amber JacobsSara TopThomas VergauwenJuuso SuomiJukka KäyhköSteven Caluwaerts

Hectometer-scale 2 m-temperature climate data over every city?!

Sara TopJonas BlanckeKwint DelbareAndrei CovaciSteven CaluwaertsRafiq HamdiLesley De Cruz

How a city resolving European climate dataset over the past decade enables future urban climate projections

Leon AdriaensenWout DewettinckKobe VandelanotteKwinten Van WeverbergRafiq HamdiSara TopSteven Caluwaerts

LEGO Urban Climate game : engaging the public in Urban Heat Island awareness through interactive workshops

Andrei CovaciMohamed Firas KooliJef GruppingJorre VerelstHannes CoenenSara TopGeert De PaepeLesley De Cruz

MetObs, to streamline your crowdsourced data processing

Thomas VergauwenMichiel VieijraAndrei CovaciAmber JacobsSara TopWout DewettinckKobe VandelanotteIan HelleboschSteven Caluwaerts

Modelling and observations of green and blue adaptation measures

SIEBE PUYNENSteven CaluwaertsSara TopPatrick VerdonckRafiq Hamdi

Monitoring microscale heat stress patterns in a medium-dense urban area with green spaces

Ian HelleboschSara TopSacha TakacsKoen De RidderSteven Caluwaerts

A1 Artikel in een tijdschrift in JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY

Sensitivity of adaptation strategies in diverse European cities

Sara TopAude LemonsuValéry MassonSteven CaluwaertsLesley De CruzRafiq Hamdi

Too hot to race? Towards heat stress adaptation tools for endurance events

Kobe VandelanotteBram DuMoulinSIEBE PUYNENThomas VergauwenSara TopSteven Caluwaerts

2024

Dense network of wet bulb globe temperature observations to assess the effect of diverse micro-environments on heat stress

Ian HelleboschSara TopSteven CaluwaertsKoen De RidderRaf TheunissenClemens Mensink

Emulation of a numerical urban model to create high-resolution near surface air temperature over European cities

Sara TopJonas BlanckeAndrei CovaciSteven CaluwaertsRafiq HamdiLesley De Cruz

Fast analysis of urban meteorological observations with the user-friendly MetObs-toolkit

Thomas VergauwenSara TopAmber JacobsAndrei CovaciWout DewettinckKobe VandelanotteIan HelleboschSteven Caluwaerts

Filling gaps in urban temperature observations by debiasing ERA5 reanalysis data

Amber JacobsSara TopThomas VergauwenSteven Caluwaerts

Filling gaps in urban temperature observations by debiasing ERA5 reanalysis data

Amber JacobsSara TopThomas VergauwenJuuso SuomiJukka KäyhköSteven Caluwaerts

A1 Artikel in een tijdschrift in URBAN CLIMATE

High-resolution climate model data over EURO-CORDEX with a focus on cities

Sara TopSteven CaluwaertsLesley De CruzRafiq Hamdi

Interaction between Urban Heat Island and Sea-Breeze : a focus on Shanghai

Hongying ChenSara TopRafiq HamdiSteven Caluwaerts

Interactive instant urban climate modelling with AI and LEGO-cities

Andrei CovaciMohamed Firas KooliHossein DehghanipourCamelia El BakkaliSara TopLesley De Cruz

MetObs - a Python toolkit for using non-traditional meteorological observations

Thomas VergauwenMichiel VieijraAndrei CovaciAmber JacobsSara TopWout DewettinckKobe VandelanotteIan HelleboschSteven Caluwaerts

MetObs : a Python toolkit for using non-traditional meteorological observations

Thomas VergauwenMichiel VieijraAndrei CovaciAmber JacobsSara TopWout DewettinckKobe VandelanotteIan HelleboschSteven Caluwaerts

A2 Artikel in een tijdschrift in JOURNAL OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

Microscale heat stress observations in Ghent

Ian HelleboschSara TopSacha TakacsKoen De RidderSteven Caluwaerts

Preparing society for extreme weather : insights from Belgian initiatives to create actionable information for stakeholders

Steven CaluwaertsSara TopIan HelleboschThomas VergauwenKobe VandelanotteBert Van SchaeybroeckPiet Termonia

Towards better understanding the urban environment and its interactions with regional climate change : the WCRP CORDEX Flagship Pilot Study URB-RCC

Gaby S. LangendijkTomas HalenkaPeter HoffmannMarianna AdinolfiAitor Aldama CampinoOlivier AsselinSophie BastinBenjamin BechtelMichal BeldaAngelina Bushenkova et al.

A1 Artikel in een tijdschrift in URBAN CLIMATE

2023

Engaging schools to build a regional urban climate monitoring network

Steven CaluwaertsSara TopBart MesuereThomas Vergauwen

Land cover aware temperature correction of bicycle transects : a case study of mapping the air temperature in two Belgian cities

Michiel VieijraThomas VergauwenSara TopRafiq HamdiSteven Caluwaerts

A1 Artikel in een tijdschrift in URBAN CLIMATE

Machine learning-based emulation of land cover effects at sub-hectometric scale using crowd-sourced weather observations

Andrei CovaciThomas VergauwenSara TopSteven CaluwaertsLesley De Cruz

Past and future outdoor thermal comfort for densely populated areas in Eurasia

Sara TopSteven CaluwaertsLesley De CruzRafiq Hamdi

2022

Current and future outdoor thermal comfort in Asia

Sara TopSteven CaluwaertsPhilippe De MaeyerPiet Termonia

Engaging schools to explore meteorological observational gaps

Steven CaluwaertsSara TopBart MesuereThomas Vergauwen

Modelling the future climate and outdoor thermal comfort over Eurasia

Sara TopSteven CaluwaertsPhilippe De MaeyerPiet Termonia

2021

Engaging schools to explore meteorological observational gaps

Steven CaluwaertsSara TopThomas VergauwenGuy WautersKoen De RidderRafiq HamdiBart MesuereBert Van SchaeybroeckHendrik WoutersPiet Termonia

A1 Artikel in een tijdschrift in BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

Evaluation of ALARO-0 and REMO regional climate models over Iran focusing on building material degradation criteria

Hamed HedayatniaSara TopSteven CaluwaertsLola KotovaMarijke SteemanNathan Van Den Bossche

A1 Artikel in een tijdschrift in BUILDINGS

Evaluation of regional climate models ALARO-0 and REMO2015 at 0.22 degrees resolution over the CORDEX Central Asia domain

Sara TopLola KotovaLesley De CruzSvetlana AniskevichLeonid BobylevRozemien De TrochNatalia GnatiukAnne GobinRafiq HamdiArne Kriegsmann et al.

A1 Artikel in een tijdschrift in GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT

Het VLINDER-project

Steven CaluwaertsThomas VergauwenSara TopHerwig DejongheBart MesuerePiet TermoniaGuy Wauters

Hoofdstuk in een boek in Jaarboek De Aardrijkskunde 2020

The new set of high-resolution climate simulations for the CORDEX Central Asia domain

Lola KotovaSara Top

What is the most threatening for citizens of a mid-latitude city : cold stress or heat stress?

Sara TopDragan MilosevicSteven CaluwaertsStevan Savic

2020

Intra-urban differences of outdoor thermal comfort in Ghent on seasonal level and during record-breaking 2019 heat wave

Sara TopDragan MilosevicSteven CaluwaertsRafiq HamdiStevan Savic

A1 Artikel in een tijdschrift in BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

The responses of the ecosystems in the Tianshan North Slope under multiple representative concentration pathway scenarios in the middle of the 21st Century

Peng CaiChaofan LiGeping LuoChi ZhangFriday Uchenna OchegeSteven CaluwaertsLesley De CruzRozemien De TrochSara TopPiet Termonia et al.

A1 Artikel in een tijdschrift in SUSTAINABILITY

The urban climate of Ghent, Belgium : a case study combining a high-accuracy monitoring network with numerical simulations

Steven CaluwaertsRafiq HamdiSara TopDirk LauwaetJulie BerckmansDaan DegrauweHerwig DejongheKoen De RidderRozemien De TrochFrancois Duchêne et al.

A1 Artikel in een tijdschrift in URBAN CLIMATE

Wheat yield estimation from NDVI and regional climate models in Latvia

Astrid VannoppenAnne GobinLola KotovaSara TopLesley De CruzAndris VīksnaSvetlana AniskevichLeonid BobylevLars BuntemeyerSteven Caluwaerts et al.

A1 Artikel in een tijdschrift in REMOTE SENSING

2019

Climate sensitivity to land use changes over the City of Brussels

Gwenn CugnonSteven CaluwaertsFrançois DuchêneRafiq HamdiPiet TermoniaSara TopThomas VergauwenBert Van Schaeybroeck

A2 Artikel in een tijdschrift in GEOGRAPHICA PANNONICA

Modelling the urban heat island : sensitivity to land cover data

Sara TopSteven CaluwaertsBert Van SchaeybroeckRafiq HamdiFrancois DuchenePiet Termonia

Regional climate simulations for the impact of climate change over the CAS-CORDEX domain

Sara TopSvetlana AniskevichLeonid BobylevSteven CaluwaertsLesley De CruzPhilippe De MaeyerRozemien De TrochNatalia GnatiukAnne GobinRafiq Hamdi et al.

The AFTER project: filling the gap for regional climate modeling over the Central Asia CORDEX domain

Sara TopSvetlana AniskevischLeonid BobylevSteven CaluwaertsLesley De CruzPhilippe De MaeyerRozemien De TrochNatalia GnatiukAnne GobinRafiq Hamdi et al.

Using a citizen science network to study the local climate in Flanders and Brussels

Thomas VergauwenSteven CaluwaertsSara Top

2018

A new project AFTER investigates the impacts of climate change in the Europe-Russia-Turkey region

Lola KotovaSvetlana AniskevichLeonid BobylevSteven CaluwaertsLesley De CruzRozemien De TrochNatalia GnatiukAnne GobinRafiq HamdiAbdulla Sakalli et al.

A2 Artikel in een tijdschrift in CLIMATE SERVICES