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Urban greening archetypes at the European scale

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Intermediate complexity atmospheric modeling in complex terrain: is it right?

Comparison of selected surface level ERA5 variables against in‐situ observations in the continental Arctic

Decomposition method to evaluate district heating/cooling network potential at urban scale

Calibrating and validating the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) urban cooling model: case studies in France and the United States

Improvements to the dynamic wake meandering model by incorporating the turbulent Schmidt number

Understanding snow saltation parameterizations: lessons from theory, experiments and numerical simulations

Modular Multiplatform Compatible Air Measurement System (MoMuCAMS): a new modular platform for boundary layer aerosol and trace gas vertical measurements in extreme environments

Snowfall deposition in mountainous terrain: a statistical downscaling scheme from high-resolution model data on simulated topographies

Beyond the average consumer: Mapping the potential of demand-side management among patterns of appliance usage

Towards an improved understanding of wind turbine wakes in complex terrain

The Influence of the Planetary Boundary Layer on the Atmospheric State at an Orographic Site at the Eastern Mediterranean

Influence of outdoor air pollution on European residential ventilative cooling potential

Building ventilation and outdoor air pollution: Implications for health, comfort and energy

Transparent structured conductive coating for applications in smart windows

Efficacy of temporal and spatial abstraction for training accurate machine learning models: A case study in smart thermostats

Low ozone dry deposition rates to sea ice during the MOSAiC field campaign: Implications for the Arctic boundary layer ozone budget

Natural slicks on Lake Geneva: From small-scale effects to large-scale formation and distribution

Earwig-inspired foldable origami wing for micro air vehicle gliding

ROSMOSE: A Web-based Optimization Tool to Aid Decision-making for the Design and Operation of Industrial and Urban Energy Systems