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Helmut Mayer is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany and specializes in Environmental Science with a particular focus on Environmental Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Their research also encompasses subfields such as Speech and Hearing, Building and Construction, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics of Mayer's work include:

  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • COVID-19 impact on air quality

Mayer frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Biometeorology
  • Urban forestry & urban greening
  • Urban Climate
  • Atmospheric Pollution Research
  • Sustainability

Some recent papers authored by Helmut Mayer include:

  • Solar elevation impact on the heat stress mitigation of pedestrians on tree-lined sidewalks of E-W street canyons - Analysis under Central European heat wave conditions (2020, Urban forestry & urban greening)
  • Enhanced human heat exposure in summer in a Central European courtyard subsequently roofed with transparent ETFE foil cushions (2022, Urban Climate)
  • Air pollution assessment in Seoul, South Korea, using an updated daily air quality index (2023, Atmospheric Pollution Research)
  • Statistical Characteristics of Air Quality Index DAQx*-Specific Air Pollutants Differentiated by Types of Air Quality Monitoring Stations: A Case Study of Seoul, Republic of Korea (2023, Sustainability)
  • Approach for the vertical wind speed profile implemented in the UTCI basics blocks UTCI applications at the urban pedestrian level (2024, International Journal of Biometeorology)

Mayer collaborates regularly with a group of co-authors, among whom the most frequent are:

  • Hyunjung Lee
  • Sookuk Park
  • Annika Oertel
  • Jinhyo Lee
  • Seok-Ryul Oh

Their integrated research contributes to the understanding and management of urban environmental challenges, focusing on the intersections of urban heat, air quality, noise effects, and public health. Helmut Mayer's multidisciplinary approach incorporates biometeorology, pollution research, and sustainable urban planning to address complex environmental issues in Central European and East Asian urban contexts.

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

  • Thermal comfort of man in different urban environments

    H. Mayer;P. Höppe

  • Numerical study on the effects of aspect ratio and orientation of an urban street canyon on outdoor thermal comfort in hot and dry climate

    Fazia Ali-Toudert;Helmut Mayer

  • Air pollution in cities

    Helmut Mayer

  • Effects of asymmetry, galleries, overhanging façades and vegetation on thermal comfort in urban street canyons

    Fazia Ali-Toudert;Helmut Mayer

  • Contribution of trees and grasslands to the mitigation of human heat stress in a residential district of Freiburg, Southwest Germany

    Hyunjung Lee;Helmut Mayer;Liang Chen

  • BUBBLE - an urban boundary layer meteorology project

    Mathias Rotach;Mathias Rotach;Roland Vogt;Christian Bernhofer;E. Batchvarova

  • Heat and drought 2003 in Europe: a climate synthesis

    Martine Rebetez;Helmut Mayer;Olivier Dupont;Dirk Schindler

  • Heat stress in Greece.

    Andreas Matzarakis;H. Mayer

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

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

  • Human thermal comfort in summer within an urban street canyon in Central Europe

    Helmut Mayer;Jutta Holst;Paul Dostal;Florian Imbery

  • Thermal comfort in an east–west oriented street canyon in Freiburg (Germany) under hot summer conditions

    F. Ali-Toudert;H. Mayer

  • Outdoor thermal comfort in the old desert city of Beni-Isguen, Algeria

    Fazia Ali-Toudert;Moussadek Djenane;Rafik Bensalem;Helmut Mayer

  • Modification of Human-Biometeorologically Significant Radiant Flux Densities by Shading as Local Method to Mitigate Heat Stress in Summer within Urban Street Canyons

    Hyunjung Lee;Jutta Holst;Helmut Mayer

  • Tree girdling provides insight on the role of labile carbon in nitrogen partitioning between soil microorganisms and adult European beech

    Michael Dannenmann;Judy Simon;Rainer Gasche;Jutta Holst

  • 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

  • Assessment of some global solar radiation parameterizations

    M.G Iziomon;H Mayer

  • Wind-induced tree sways

    H. Mayer

  • Impacts of street design parameters on human-biometeorological variables

    Jutta Holst;Helmut Mayer

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Matzarakis
Andreas Matzarakis University of Freiburg
Heinz Rennenberg
Heinz Rennenberg University of Freiburg
Michael Dannenmann
Michael Dannenmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Arthur Gessler
Arthur Gessler ETH Zurich
Hans Papen
Hans Papen Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Mathias W. Rotach
Mathias W. Rotach University of Innsbruck
Rainer Gasche
Rainer Gasche Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Andrea Polle
Andrea Polle University of Göttingen
John Tenhunen
John Tenhunen University of Bayreuth

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