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Fredrik Lindberg

Fredrik Lindberg

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
39
Citations
7718
World Ranking
8273
National Ranking
158

Overview

Fredrik Lindberg is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and works primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Medicine. Their research spans several subfields, including Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Surgery, Atmospheric Science, and Building and Construction.

The scientist's main areas of study focus on Urban Heat Island Mitigation, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Urban Green Space and Health, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Wind and Air Flow Studies, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, and Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment.

Among recent publications, Lindberg has contributed to the following works:

  • "Sub-arctic palsa degradation and the role of climatic drivers in the largest coherent palsa mire complex in Sweden (Vissátvuopmi), 1955-2016," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Is Physiological Equivalent Temperature (PET) a superior screening tool for heat stress risk than Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) index? Eight years of data from the Gothenburg half marathon," 2020, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • "The influence of anisotropic diffuse shortwave radiation on mean radiant temperature in outdoor urban environments," 2020, Urban Climate
  • "Outdoor heat stress at preschools during an extreme summer in Gothenburg, Sweden - Preschool teachers' experiences contextualized by radiation modelling," 2021, Sustainable Cities and Society
  • "Urban storage heat flux variability explored using satellite, meteorological and geodata," 2020, Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Frequent co-authors in Lindberg's work include Sofia Thorsson, Nils Wallenberg, David Rayner, Björn Holmer, and Sue Grimmond.

Lindberg's research contributions have appeared regularly in the following publication venues:

  • Sustainable Cities and Society
  • International Journal of Biometeorology
  • Diseases of the Esophagus
  • Urban Climate
  • Geoscientific Model Development

Best Publications

  • Different methods for estimating the mean radiant temperature in an outdoor urban setting

    Sofia Thorsson;Fredrik Lindberg;Ingegärd Eliasson;Björn Holmer

  • SOLWEIG 1.0 – Modelling spatial variations of 3D radiant fluxes and mean radiant temperature in complex urban settings

    Fredrik Lindberg;Björn Holmer;Sofia Thorsson

  • Thermal Comfort and Outdoor Activity in Japanese Urban Public Places

    Sofia Thorsson;Tsuyoshi Honjo;Fredrik Lindberg;Ingegärd Eliasson

  • Climate and behaviour in a Nordic city

    Ingegärd Eliasson;Igor Knez;Ulla Westerberg;Sofia Thorsson

  • The influence of vegetation and building morphology on shadow patterns and mean radiant temperatures in urban areas: model development and evaluation

    Fredrik Lindberg;Fredrik Lindberg;C. S. B. Grimmond

  • Global to city scale urban anthropogenic heat flux: model and variability

    Lucy Allen;Fredrik Lindberg;C. S. B. Grimmond

  • Urban Multi-scale Environmental Predictor (UMEP)

    Fredrik Lindberg;C.S.B. Grimmond;Andrew Gabey;Bei Huang

  • Computing continuous sky view factors using 3D urban raster and vector databases: comparison and application to urban climate

    Tamás Mátyás Gál;F. Lindberg;János Unger

  • Transpiration of urban trees and its cooling effect in a high latitude city.

    Janina Konarska;Johan Uddling;Björn Holmer;Martina Lutz

  • Transmissivity of solar radiation through crowns of single urban trees—application for outdoor thermal comfort modelling

    Janina Konarska;Fredrik Lindberg;Annika Larsson;Sofia Thorsson

  • Potential changes in outdoor thermal comfort conditions in Gothenburg, Sweden due to climate change: the influence of urban geometry

    Sofia Thorsson;Fredrik Lindberg;Jesper Björklund;Björn Holmer

  • Psychological mechanisms in outdoor place and weather assessment: towards a conceptual model

    Igor Knez;Sofia Thorsson;Ingegärd Eliasson;Fredrik Lindberg

  • Mean radiant temperature - A predictor of heat related mortality

    Sofia Thorsson;Joacim Rocklöv;Janina Konarska;Fredrik Lindberg

  • An integrated method for assessing climate-related risks and adaptation alternatives in urban areas

    Yvonne Andersson-Sköld;Sofia Thorsson;David Rayner;Fredrik Lindberg

  • Nature of vegetation and building morphology characteristics across a city: Influence on shadow patterns and mean radiant temperatures in London

    Fredrik Lindberg;Fredrik Lindberg;C. S. B. Grimmond

  • Effect of urban design on microclimate and thermal comfort outdoors in warm-humid Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Moohammed Wasim Yahia;Erik Johansson;Sofia Thorsson;Fredrik Lindberg

  • Influence of ground surface characteristics on the mean radiant temperature in urban areas

    Fredrik Lindberg;Shiho Onomura;C. S. B. Grimmond

  • Impact of city changes and weather on anthropogenic heat flux in Europe 1995–2015

    F. Lindberg;F. Lindberg;C.S.B. Grimmond;N. Yogeswaran;S. Kotthaus

  • Continuous sky view factor maps from high resolution urban digital elevation models

    F. Lindberg;C. S. B. Grimmond

  • Evaluation of Urban Local-Scale Aerodynamic Parameters: Implications for the Vertical Profile of Wind Speed and for Source Areas

    Christoph W. Kent;Sue Grimmond;Janet Barlow;David Gatey

Frequent Co-Authors

Nektarios Chrysoulakis
Nektarios Chrysoulakis Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas
C. S. B. Grimmond
C. S. B. Grimmond University of Reading
Jean-Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry
Jean-Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Fabio Del Frate
Fabio Del Frate University of Rome Tor Vergata
Kevin Ka-Lun Lau
Kevin Ka-Lun Lau Luleå University of Technology
Ahmad Al Bitar
Ahmad Al Bitar Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
David Bergqvist
David Bergqvist Uppsala University
Ariane Middel
Ariane Middel Arizona State University
Alberto Martilli
Alberto Martilli Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
Håkan Pleijel
Håkan Pleijel University of Gothenburg

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