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Andreas Matzarakis

Andreas Matzarakis

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Environmental Sciences
Germany
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
75
Citations
23209
World Ranking
1260
National Ranking
82

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Andreas Matzarakis is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany and has an extensive body of work in environmental science, particularly focusing on biometeorology and the interactions between climate and human health. Their publications span a range of topics within the environmental sciences, emphasizing thermal comfort, heat stress, and urban climate mitigation.

Their recent papers include:

  • Overview of the PALM model system 6.0 (2020) published in Geoscientific Model Development
  • The Heat Health Warning System in Germany-Application and Warnings for 2005 to 2019 (2020) published in Atmosphere
  • A systematic review advocating a framework and benchmarks for assessing outdoor human thermal perception (2022) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Calculating human thermal comfort and thermal stress in the PALM model system 6.0 (2020) published in Geoscientific Model Development
  • Review of Biometeorology of Heatwaves and Warm Extremes in Europe (2020) published in Atmosphere

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • A. Santos Nouri
  • Andreas Christen
  • Christos Giannaros
  • Kathrin Graw
  • Iago Turba Costa

Andreas Matzarakis has published extensively in the following venues:

  • Atmosphere (41 publications)
  • Sustainable Cities and Society (11 publications)
  • Urban Climate (8 publications)
  • International Journal of Biometeorology (7 publications)
  • Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft (7 publications)

Their book publication includes the title:

  • Climate Change and Cooling Cities (2023), published by Urban sustainability

Their research primarily falls under the field of Environmental Science, with a substantial focus on several subfields such as:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Building and Construction
  • Physiology
  • Speech and Hearing

Main research topics addressed in Andreas Matzarakis's work are:

  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Thermoregulation and physiological responses
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Noise Effects and Management

Best Publications

  • Modelling radiation fluxes in simple and complex environments—application of the RayMan model

    Andreas Matzarakis;Frank Rutz;Helmut Mayer

  • Applications of a universal thermal index: physiological equivalent temperature.

    Andreas Matzarakis;Helmut Mayer;Moses G. Iziomon

  • Shading effect on long-term outdoor thermal comfort

    Tzu Ping Lin;Andreas Matzarakis;Ruey Lung Hwang

  • Tourism climate and thermal comfort in Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan

    Tzu Ping Lin;Andreas Matzarakis

  • Outdoor human thermal perception in various climates: A comprehensive review of approaches, methods and quantification.

    Oded Potchter;Oded Potchter;Pninit Cohen;Tzu Ping Lin;Andreas Matzarakis

  • Effect Of Tree Planting Design And Tree Species On Human Thermal Comfort In The Tropics

    Loyde Vieira de Abreu-Harbich;Lucila Chebel Labaki;Andreas Matzarakis

  • Assessment of the microclimatic and human comfort conditions in a complex urban environment: Modelling and measurements

    Ágnes Gulyás;János Unger;Andreas Matzarakis

  • Seasonal effects of urban street shading on long-term outdoor thermal comfort

    Ruey Lung Hwang;Tzu Ping Lin;Andreas Matzarakis

  • Daily and seasonal climatic conditions of green urban open spaces in the Mediterranean climate and their impact on human comfort

    Pninit Cohen;Oded Potchter;Andreas Matzarakis

  • Physiological Equivalent Temperature as Indicator for Impacts of Climate Change on Thermal Comfort of Humans

    Andreas Matzarakis;Bas Amelung

  • Heat stress in Greece.

    Andreas Matzarakis;H. Mayer

  • Overview of the PALM model system 6.0

    Björn Maronga;Björn Maronga;Sabine Banzhaf;Cornelia Burmeister;Thomas Esch

  • Weather- and climate-related information for tourism

    Andreas Matzarakis

  • Human thermal perception of Coastal Mediterranean outdoor urban environments

    Pninit Cohen;Oded Potchter;Andreas Matzarakis

  • Downward atmospheric longwave irradiance under clear and cloudy skies: Measurement and parameterization

    M.G. Iziomon;H. Mayer;A. Matzarakis

  • Quantification of the effect of thermal indices and sky view factor on park attendance

    Tzu Ping Lin;Kang Ting Tsai;Ruey Lung Hwang;Andreas Matzarakis

  • INFLUENCE OF SINGLE AND SMALL CLUSTERS OF TREES ON THE BIOCLIMATE OF A CITY: A CASE STUDY

    S. Streiling;A. Matzarakis

  • The effect of air temperature and human thermal indices on mortality in Athens, Greece

    Panagiotis T. Nastos;Andreas Matzarakis

  • A review of outdoor thermal comfort indices and neutral ranges for hot-humid regions

    Floriberta Binarti;M. Donny Koerniawan;Sugeng Triyadi;Sentagi Sesotya Utami

  • Human-biometeorological assessment of heat stress reduction by replanning measures in Stuttgart, Germany

    Christine Ketterer;Andreas Matzarakis

  • Carbon and oxygen isotope composition of organic compounds in the phloem sap provides a short‐term measure for stomatal conductance of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)

    C. Keitel;M. A. Adams;T. Holst;A. Matzarakis

Frequent Co-Authors

Panagiotis T. Nastos
Panagiotis T. Nastos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Helmut Mayer
Helmut Mayer University of Freiburg
Heinz Rennenberg
Heinz Rennenberg University of Freiburg
Siegfried Raasch
Siegfried Raasch University of Hannover
Renate Forkel
Renate Forkel Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Daniel Scott
Daniel Scott University of Waterloo
Matthias Mauder
Matthias Mauder Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Gunther Seckmeyer
Gunther Seckmeyer University of Hannover
Arthur Gessler
Arthur Gessler ETH Zurich
Agnès Rivaton
Agnès Rivaton University of Clermont Auvergne

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