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Matthias Roth is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research primarily lies within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Building and Construction.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Climate variability and models
  • Remote Sensing and Land Use
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization

They have contributed to numerous publications spanning various venues. The frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • International Journal of Climatology
  • Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel
  • Urban forestry & urban greening

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Matthias Roth are:

  • "Tree effects on urban microclimate: Diurnal, seasonal, and climatic temperature differences explained by separating radiation, evapotranspiration, and roughness effects" (2020), published in Urban forestry & urban greening
  • "An urban ecohydrological model to quantify the effect of vegetation on urban climate and hydrology (UT&C v1.0)" (2020), published in Geoscientific model development
  • "Harmonized gap-filled datasets from 20 urban flux tower sites" (2022), published in Earth system science data
  • "Urban-induced modifications to the diurnal cycle of rainfall over a tropical city" (2020), published in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • "Increased Risk of Extreme Precipitation Over an Urban Agglomeration With Future Global Warming" (2022), published in Earth s Future

Matthias Roth has collaborated extensively with a number of researchers across their projects. Some frequent co-authors include:

  • Erik Velasco
  • Winston Chow
  • Mathew Lipson
  • Sue Grimmond
  • Pratiman Patel

Best Publications

  • Satellite-derived urban heat islands from three coastal cities and the utilization of such data in urban climatology

    M. Roth;T. R. Oke;W. J. Emery

  • Review of atmospheric turbulence over cities

    M. Roth

  • Temporal dynamics of the urban heat island of Singapore

    Winston T. L. Chow;Matthias Roth

  • Review of urban climate research in (sub)tropical regions

    Matthias Roth

  • Climate and more sustainable cities: climate information for improved planning and management of cities (producers/capabilities perspective)

    C.S.B. Grimmond;Matthias Roth;Tim R. Oke;Y. C. Au

  • Aerodynamic Roughness of Urban Areas Derived from Wind Observations

    C.S.B. Grimmond;T. S. King;M. Roth;T. R. Oke

  • Does urban vegetation enhance carbon sequestration

    Erik Velasco;Matthias Roth;Leslie Norford;Luisa T. Molina

  • Cities as Net Sources of CO 2 : Review of Atmospheric CO2 Exchange in Urban Environments Measured by Eddy Covariance Technique

    Erik Velasco;Matthias Roth

  • Tree effects on urban microclimate: Diurnal, seasonal, and climatic temperature differences explained by separating radiation, evapotranspiration, and roughness effects

    Naika Meili;Gabriele Manoli;Paolo Burlando;Jan Carmeliet

  • Diurnal and weekly variation of anthropogenic heat emissions in a tropical city, Singapore

    Anne K.L. Quah;Matthias Roth

  • Sky View Factor footprints for urban climate modeling

    Ariane Middel;Ariane Middel;Jonas Lukasczyk;Ross Maciejewski;Matthias Demuzere

  • Temporal dynamics of CO2 fluxes and profiles over a Central European city

    R. Vogt;A. Christen;M. W. Rotach;M. Roth

  • Computationally efficient prediction of canopy level urban air temperature at the neighbourhood scale

    Bruno Bueno;Matthias Roth;Leslie Norford;Reuben Li

  • 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

  • A historical review and assessment of urban heat island research in Singapore

    Matthias Roth;Winston T.L. Chow;Winston T.L. Chow

  • Assessment of measured and perceived microclimates within a tropical urban forest

    Winston T.L. Chow;Siti Nur ‘Assyakirin Binte Ali Akbar;Siti Nur ‘Assyakirin Binte Ali Akbar;Su Li Heng;Matthias Roth

  • Turbulent transfer relationships over an urban surface. I. Spectral characteristics

    M. Roth;T. R. Oke

  • Evaluation of canopy-layer air and mean radiant temperature simulations by a microclimate model over a tropical residential neighbourhood

    Matthias Roth;Vanessa Huimin Lim

  • A multi‐resolution ensemble study of a tropical urban environment and its interactions with the background regional atmosphere

    Xian Xiang Li;Tieh Yong Koh;Dara Entekhabi;Matthias Roth

  • Relative Efficiencies of Turbulent Transfer of Heat, Mass, and Momentum over a Patchy Urban Surface

    M. Roth;Timothy R. Oke

  • PM2.5 Pollution Modulates Wintertime Urban‐Heat‐Island Intensity in the Beijing‐Tianjin‐Hebei Megalopolis, China

    Yuanjian Yang;Yuanjian Yang;Yuanjian Yang;Zuofang Zheng;Steve Y.L. Yim;Matthias Roth

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy R. Oke
Timothy R. Oke University of British Columbia
Andreas Christen
Andreas Christen University of Freiburg
Matthias Demuzere
Matthias Demuzere Ruhr University Bochum
C. S. B. Grimmond
C. S. B. Grimmond University of Reading
Simone Fatichi
Simone Fatichi National University of Singapore
Paolo Burlando
Paolo Burlando ETH Zurich
Manabu Kanda
Manabu Kanda Tokyo Institute of Technology
Alberto Martilli
Alberto Martilli Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
Nigel J. Tapper
Nigel J. Tapper Monash University
Enrique R. Vivoni
Enrique R. Vivoni Arizona State University

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