[Special Issue] Advancing Urban Air Quality, Green Spaces, and Microclimate Science
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š¢ NEW DEADLINE | More time to contribute!
š How can we make our cities cooler, healthier, and more resilient?
We are pleased to announce that the submission deadline for our Atmosphere Special Issue has been extended to 31 October 2026:
šæ Urban Air Quality, Green Spaces, and Microclimate Analysis
If you are working at the intersection of urban climate, air quality, green infrastructure, sustainable cooling, and human health, we would be delighted to hear from you.
š¬ We particularly welcome research on:
š”ļø Urban heat, microclimate & thermal comfort
š³ Green and blue infrastructure & nature-based solutions
šØ Air quality, urban ventilation & pollutant exposure
š°ļø Earth observation & high-resolution urban mapping
š” Field measurements, mobile sensing & monitoring networks
š» ENVI-met, CFD, UCMs & coupled modeling
š¤ Machine learning & environmental data fusion
š Calibration, validation & uncertainty quantification
ā¤ļø One Health & climate-health interactions
Why now? Cities are simultaneously facing more intense heat, deteriorating air quality, and increasing climate risks. We need stronger links between measurement, modeling, experimentation, and urban action.
The Special Issue already features studies on PM2.5 source dynamics, human bioclimatic comfort, and AI-based high-resolution air-quality estimation, and we are looking forward to expanding this international research community.
š NEW submission deadline: 31 October 2026
š Special Issue & submissions:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/atmosphere/special_issues/6X13Z16DP3
Together with my co-Guest Editor Dr. Mariella Aquilino, I warmly invite researchers worldwide to submit their work.
The call is also closely connected to the scientific agenda of IEA EBC Annex 97 Sustainable Cooling in Cities, where we are advancing approaches for urban cooling KPIs, microclimate assessment, experimentation, and climate-appropriate cooling strategies.
Peter Holzer | Philipp Stern | Vincenzo Corrado | Anna Laura Pisello | Ronnen Levinson | Priya Rajagopalan | Dahai Qi | Chen Zhang | Abhishek G. | Theofanis Psomas | Michael Bruse | Emmanuel Bozonnet | Tove Malmqvist | Jianlei Niu | Edward Ng | Baojie He | Chao Cen | Liangzhu Leon Wang | Xudong Zhao | Zhuangbo Feng | Junqi (Alan) Wang | Yuming Guo | Mohamed Elhadi Matallah | Dyna Zitouni | Tianyi Wang
š Do you have a manuscript, dataset, methodology, or case study that could contribute?
We would be very happy to hear from you.
š Please share this call with colleagues and research groups who may be interested.
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