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Overview

Elie Bou-Zeid is a researcher affiliated with Princeton University in the United States with a significant body of work in environmental and earth sciences. Their research primarily explores various aspects of atmospheric science, environmental engineering, and global and planetary change.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • Global multi-model projections of local urban climates, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • The Persistent Challenge of Surface Heterogeneity in Boundary-Layer Meteorology: A Review, 2020, Boundary-Layer Meteorology
  • An urban ecohydrological model to quantify the effect of vegetation on urban climate and hydrology (UT&C v1.0), 2020, Geoscientific Model Development
  • Seasonal hysteresis of surface urban heat islands, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Economic valuation of temperature-related mortality attributed to urban heat islands in European cities, 2023, Nature Communications

Elie Bou-Zeid has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Gabriel G. Katul
  • Einara Zahn
  • Mohammad Allouche
  • Firas Gerges
  • Michel C. Boufadel

The primary publication venues for Bou-Zeid's work encompass:

  • Boundary-Layer Meteorology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Their work is positioned strongly within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Subfields central to their research include Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Oceanography.

Key topics addressed in Bou-Zeid's research involve:

  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

Best Publications

  • Magnitude of urban heat islands largely explained by climate and population

    Gabriele Manoli;Gabriele Manoli;Simone Fatichi;Markus Schläpfer;Kailiang Yu

  • Synergistic Interactions between Urban Heat Islands and Heat Waves: The Impact in Cities Is Larger than the Sum of Its Parts*

    Dan Li;Elie Bou-Zeid

  • A scale-dependent Lagrangian dynamic model for large eddy simulation of complex turbulent flows

    Elie R. Bou-Zeid;Charles Meneveau;Marc Parlange;Marc Parlange

  • The effectiveness of cool and green roofs as urban heat island mitigation strategies

    Dan Li;Elie R. Bou-Zeid;Michael Oppenheimer

  • Temporal variation of leachate quality from pre-sorted and baled municipal solid waste with high organic and moisture content.

    M. El-Fadel;Elie R. Bou-Zeid;W. Chahine;B. Alayli

  • Interactions between urban heat islands and heat waves

    Lei Zhao;Michael Oppenheimer;Qing Zhu;Jane W. Baldwin

  • Global multi-model projections of local urban climates

    Lei Zhao;Keith Oleson;Elie Bou-Zeid;E. Scott Krayenhoff

  • Large-eddy simulation of neutral atmospheric boundary layer flow over heterogeneous surfaces: Blending height and effective surface roughness

    Elie Bou-Zeid;Charles Meneveau;Marc B. Parlange

  • A coupled energy transport and hydrological model for urban canopies evaluated using a wireless sensor network

    Zhi-Hua Wang;Zhi-Hua Wang;Elie Bou-Zeid;James A. Smith

  • Nested Mesoscale Large-Eddy Simulations with WRF: Performance in Real Test Cases

    Charles Talbot;Elie Bou-Zeid;Jim Smith

  • On the Nature of the Transition Between Roll and Cellular Organization in the Convective Boundary Layer

    Scott T. Salesky;Marcelo Chamecki;Elie Bou-Zeid

  • Heatwaves and urban heat islands: A comparative analysis of multiple cities

    P. Ramamurthy;E. Bou-Zeid

  • Coherent Structures and the Dissimilarity of Turbulent Transport of Momentum and Scalars in the Unstable Atmospheric Surface Layer

    Dan Li;Elie R. Bou-Zeid

  • Climate change and water resources in Lebanon and the Middle East

    Elie Bou-Zeid;Mutasem El-Fadel

  • Quality and sensitivity of high-resolution numerical simulation of urban heat islands

    Dan Li;Elie Bou-Zeid

  • An urban ecohydrological model to quantify the effect of vegetation on urban climate and hydrology (UT&C v1.0)

    Naika Meili;Gabriele Manoli;Gabriele Manoli;Paolo Burlando;Elie Bou-Zeid

  • Development and evaluation of a mosaic approach in the WRF‐Noah framework

    Dan Li;Elie R. Bou-Zeid;Michael Barlage;Fei Chen

  • The Persistent Challenge of Surface Heterogeneity in Boundary-Layer Meteorology: A Review

    Elie Bou-Zeid;William Anderson;Gabriel G. Katul;Larry Mahrt

  • Albedo effect on radiative errors in air temperature measurements

    Hendrik Huwald;Chad W. Higgins;Marc Olivier Boldi;Elie R. Bou-Zeid

  • The influence of building geometry on street canyon air flow: Validation of large eddy simulations against wind tunnel experiments

    Maider Llaguno-Munitxa;Elie Bou-Zeid;Marcus Hultmark

  • Evaporation from three water bodies of different sizes and climates: Measurements and scaling analysis

    Shmuel Assouline;Scott W Tyler;Josef Tanny;S. Cohen

  • Hydrometeorological determinants of green roof performance via a vertically-resolved model for heat and water transport

    Ting Sun;Ting Sun;Elie Bou-Zeid;Zhihua Wang;Eileen Zerba

  • On the Parameterization of Surface Roughness at Regional Scales

    Elie Bou-Zeid;Marc B. Parlange;Charles Meneveau

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc B. Parlange
Marc B. Parlange University of Rhode Island
Gabriel G. Katul
Gabriel G. Katul Duke University
Charles Meneveau
Charles Meneveau Johns Hopkins University
Mutasem El-Fadel
Mutasem El-Fadel Khalifa University
Mark A. Zondlo
Mark A. Zondlo Princeton University
Martin Vetterli
Martin Vetterli École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Mary Lynn Baeck
Mary Lynn Baeck Princeton University
John S. Selker
John S. Selker Oregon State University
Simone Fatichi
Simone Fatichi National University of Singapore
Michael Oppenheimer
Michael Oppenheimer Princeton University

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