Publications

Assessing the Value of a Human Life in Heat-Related Mortality: Lessons from COVID-19 in Belgium

De Ridder, K.

Climate 2024, 12(9), 129.

Mapping the climate risk to urban forests at city scale.

Esperon-Rodriguez, M., Gallagher, R.V., Souverijns N., Lejeune, Q., Schleussner, C.-F., Tjoelker, M.G.

Landscape and Urban Planning, 248, 105090. 

High resolution modelling of the urban heat island of 100 European cities.

Lauwaet, D., Berckmans, J., Hooyberghs, H., Wouters, H., Driesen, G., Lefebre, F., De Ridder, K.

Urban Climate, 54, 101850.

Copernicus for urban resilience in Europe.

Chrysoulakis, N., Ludlow, D., Mitraka, Z., Somarakis, G., Khan, Z., Lauwaet, D., Hooyberghs, H., Feliu, E., Navarro, D., Feigenwinter, C., Holsten, A., Soukup, T., Dohr, M., Marconcini, M., Andersen B.H.

Scientific Reports 13, 16251. 

To aspirate or not to aspirate – Impact of active versus passive ventilation on urban heat (island) indicators.

De Ridder, K., Maiheu, B, Lauwaet, D.

Urban Climate, 52, 101709. 

High resolution heat stress over a Sahelian city: Present and future impact assessment and urban green effectiveness.

Souverijns, N., De Ridder, K., Takacs, S., Veldeman, N., Michielsen, M., Crols, T., Foamouhoue, A.K., Nshimirimana, G., Dan Dijé, I., Tidjani, H. 

International Journal of Climatology, 43, 7346-7364.

Green infrastructure planning through EO and GIS analysis: the canopy plan of Liège, Belgium, to mitigate its urban heat island.

Beaumont, B., Loozen, Y., Castin, T., Radoux, J., Wyard, C., Lauwaet, D., Lefebre, F., Halford, T., Haid, M., Defourny, P., Hallot, E.

XXIV ISPRS Congress Imaging Today, Foreseeing Tomorrow, Commission IV.  

Vulnerability mapping of 100 priority tree species in Central Africa to guide conservation and restoration efforts.

Ceccarelli, V., Ekué, M., Fremout, T., Gaisberger, H., Kettle, C., Taedoumg, H., Wouters, H., Vanuytrecht, E., De Ridder, K., Thomas, E.

Biological Conservation, 270, 109554.

The influence of soil dry-out on the record-breaking hot 2013/2014 summer in Southeast Brazil.

Geirinhas, J.L., Russo, A.C., Libonati, R., Miralles, D.G., Sousa, P.M., Wouters, H., Trigo, R.M.

Scientific Reports, 12, 5836. 

Revaluating forest drought experiments according to future precipitation patterns, ecosystem carbon and decomposition rate responses: A meta-analysis.

Jones, A.G., Clymans, W., Palmer, D.J., Crockatt, M.E.

Ambio, 51, 1227–1238.  

Urban heat in Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni, South-Africa: a meter-scale assessment and vulnerability analysis.

Souverijns, N., De Ridder, K., Veldeman, N., Lefebre, F., Kusambiza-Kiingi, F., Memela, W., Jones, N.J.

Urban Climate 46, 101331. 

Soil drought can mitigate deadly heat stress thanks to a reduction of air humidity.

Wouters, H., Keune, J., Petrova, I.Y., van Heerwaarden, C.C., Teuling, A.J., Pal, J.S., de Arellano, J.V.G., Miralles, D.G.

Science Advances 8, 1.

Engaging Schools to Explore Meteorological Observational Gaps.

Caluwaerts, S., Top, S., Vergauwen, T., Wauters, G., De Ridder, K., Hamdi, R., Mesuere, B., Van Schaeybroeck, B., Wouters, H., Termonia, P.

Bulletin of The American Meteorological Society, 102, E1126–E1132.

Soil moisture signature in global weather balloon soundings.

Denissen, J.M.C., Orth, R., Wouters, H., Miralles, D.G., van Heerwaarden, C.C., de Arellano, J.V.G., Teuling, A.J.

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science 4, 13.

Assessing heat exposure to extreme temperatures in urban areas using the Local Climate Zone classification.

Gilabert, J., Deluca, A., Lauwaet, D., Ballester, J., Corbera, J., Llasat, M.C.

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 21, 375-391. 

Applications of Models and Tools for Mesoscale and Microscale Thermal Analysis in Mid-Latitude Climate Regions - A Review.

Lobaccaro, G., De Ridder, K., Acero, J.A., Hooyberghs, H., Lauwaet, D., Maiheu, B., Sharma, R., Govehovitch, B.

Sustainability, 13, 12385.

Lessons Learned from Applying Adaptation Pathways in Heatwave Risk Management in Antwerp and Key Challenges for Further Development.

Mendizabal, M., Pena, N., Hooyberghs, H., Lambrechts, G., Sepulveda, J., Zorita, S.

Sustainability  13(20), 11481. 

Fostering the development of climate services through Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) for agriculture applications.

Buontempo, C., Hutjes, R., Beavis, P., Berckmans, J., Cagnazzo, C., Vamborg, F., Thepaut, J.N., Bergeron, C., Almond, S., Amici, A., Ramasamy, S., Dee, D.

Weather and Climate Extremes, 27, 100226.

The urban climate of Ghent, Belgium: A case study combining a high-accuracy monitoring network with numerical simulations.

Caluwaerts, S., Hamdi, R., Top, S., Lauwaet, D., Berckmans, J., Degrauwe, D., Dejonghe, H., De Ridder, K., De Troch, R., Duchene, F., Maiheu, B., Van Ginderachter, M., Verdonck, M.-L., Vergauwen, T., Wauters, G., Termonia, P.

Urban Climate, 31, 100565.

Heat related mortality in the two largest Belgian urban areas: A time series analysis.

De Troeyer, K., Bauwelinck, M., Aerts, R., Profer, D., Berckmans, J., Delcloo, A., Hamdi, R., Van Schaeybroeck, B., Hooyberghs, H., Lauwaet, D., Demoury, C., Van Nieuwenhuyse, A.

Environmental Research, 188, 109848.

Spatial Variability of Heat-Related Mortality in Barcelona from 1992-2015: A Case Crossover Study Design.

Ingole, V., Marí-Dell’Olmo, M., Deluca, A., Quijal, M., Borrell, C., Rodríguez-Sanz, M., Achebak, H., Lauwaet, D., Gilabert, J., Murage, P., Hajat, S., Basagaña, X., Ballester, J.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, 2553.

A New Method to Assess Fine‐Scale Outdoor Thermal Comfort for Urban Agglomerations.

Lauwaet, D., Maiheu, B., De Ridder, K., Boënne, W., Hooyberghs, H., Demuzere, M., Verdonck, M.-L.

Climate, 8, 6.

Evaluating the land-surface energy partitioning in ERA5.

Martens, B., Schumacher, D.L., Wouters, H., Munoz-Sabater, J., Verhoest, N.E.C., Miralles, D.G.

Geoscientific Model Development, 13, 4159–4181.

Future heating and cooling degree days for Belgium under a high-end climate change scenario.

Ramon, D., Allacker, K., De Troyer, F., Wouters, H., van Lipzig, N.P.M.

Energy and Buildings, 216, 109935.

The Sensitivity of Urban Heat Island to Urban Green Space - A Model-Based Study of City of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Maheng, D., Ducton, I., Lauwaet, D., Zevenbergen, C., Pathirana, A.

Atmosphere, 10, 151.

Urban Heat Island and Future Climate Change - Implications for Delhi’s Heat.

Sharma, R., Hooyberghs, H., Lauwaet, D., De Ridder, K.   

Journal of Urban Health, 96, 235-251.  

Heat risk assessment for the Brussels capital region under different urban planning and greenhouse gas emission scenarios.

Verdonck, M.L., Demuzere, M., Hooyberghs, H., Priem, F., Van Coillie, F.

Journal of Environmental Management, 249, 109210. 

A new method for fine-scale assessments of the average urban heat island over large areas and the effectiveness of nature-based solutions.

Lauwaet, D., De Nijs, T., Liekens, I., Hooyberghs, H., Verachtert, E., Lefebvre, W., De Ridder, K., Remme, R., Broekx, S.

One Ecosystem, 3.

Heat and health in Antwerp under climate change: Projected impacts and implications for prevention.

Sanchez-Martinez, G., Diaz, J., Hooyberghs, H., Lauwaet, D., De Ridder, K., Linares, C., Carmona, R., Ortiz, C., Kendrovski, V., Aerts, R., Van Nieuwenhuyse, A., Dunbar, M. B.-N.

Environment International, 111,  135-143.

Cold-related mortality vs heat-related mortality in a changing climate: a case study in Vilnius (Lithuania).

Sanchez Martinez, G., Diaz, J., Hooyberghs, H., Lauwaet, D., De Ridder, K., Linares, C., Carmona, R., Ortiz, C., Kendrovski, V., Adamonyte, D.

Environmental Research, 166, 384-393.

The CORDEX.be initiative as a foundation for climate services in Belgium.

Termonia, P., Van Schaeybroeck, B., De Cruz, L., De Troch, R., Caluwaerts, S., Giot, O., Hamdi, R., Vannitsem, S., Duchêne, F., Willems, P., Tabari, H., Van Uytven, E., Hosseinzadehtalaei, P, Van Lipzig, N., Wouters, H., Vanden Broucke, S., van Ypersele, J.-P., Marbaix, P, Villanueva-Birriel, C., Fettweis, X., Wyard, C., Scholzen, C., Doutreloup, S., De Ridder, K., Gobin, A., Lauwaet, D.,  Stavrakou, T., Bauwens, M., Müller, J.-F., Luyten, P., Ponsar, S., Van den Eynde, D., Pottiaux, E.

Climate Services, 11, 49-61.

The effect of an urban park on the microclimate in its vicinity: a case study for Antwerp, Belgium.

Toparlar, Y., Blocken, B., Maiheu, B., van Heijst, G.J.F.

International Journal of Climatology, 38, e303-e322.

Impact of urban microclimate on summertime building cooling demand: A parametric analysis for Antwerp, Belgium.

Toparlar, Y., Blocken, B., Maiheu, B., van Heijst, G.J.F.

Applied Energy, 228, 852-872.

The potential of local climate zones maps as a heat stress assessment tool, supported by simulated air temperature data.

Verdonck, M.L., Demuzere, M., Hooyberghs, H., Beck, C., Cyrys, J., Schneider, A., Dewulf, R., Van Coillie F.

Landscape and Urban Planning, 178, 183-197.

Influence of climate change on summer cooling costs and heat stress in urban office buildings.

Hooyberghs, H., Verbeke, S., Lauwaet, D., Costa, H., Floater, G., De Ridder, K.

Climatic Change, 144, 721.

Responses to atmospheric CO₂ concentrations in crop simulation models: a review of current simple and semicomplex representations and options for model development.

Vanuytrecht, E., Thorburn, P.J.

Global Change Biology 23, 1806–1820.

Heat stress increase under climate change twice as large in cities as in rural areas: A study for a densely populated midlatitude maritime region.

Wouters, H., De Ridder, K., Poelmans, L., Willems, P., Brouwers, J., Hosseinzadehtalaei, P., Tabari, H., Vanden Broucke, S., van Lipzig N.P.M., Demuzere, M.

Geophysical Research Letters, 44.

Urban Heat Island Intensification during Hot Spells - The Case of Paris during the Summer of 2003.

De Ridder, K., Maiheu, B., Lauwaet, D., Daglis, I.A., Keramitsoglou, I., Kourtidis K., Manuntaand, P., Paganini, M.

Urban Science, 1(1), 3.

Advantages of using a fast urban boundary layer model as compared to a full mesoscale model to simulate the urban heat island of Barcelona.

García-Díez, M., Lauwaet, D., Hooyberghs, H., Ballester, J., De Ridder, K., Rodó, X.

Geoscientific Model Development, 9,  4439–4450.

Assessing the current and future urban heat island of Brussels.

Lauwaet, D., De Ridder, K., Saeed, S., Brisson, E., Chatterjee, F., van Lipzig, N.P.M., Maiheu, B., Hooyberghs, H.

Urban Climate, 15, 1-15.

Projected heat-related mortality under climate change in the metropolitan area of Skopje.

Sanchez-Martinez, G., Baccini, M., De Ridder, K., Hooyberghs, H., Lefebvre, W., Kendrovski, V., Scott, K., Spasenovska, M.

BMC Public Health, 16, 407.

The urban land use in the COSMO-CLM model: a comparison of three parameterizations for Berlin.

Trusilova, K., Schubert, S., Wouters, H., Früh, B., Grossman-Clarcke, S., Demuzere, M., Becker P.

Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 25 (2), 231-244.

Regional and global climate projections increase mid-century yield variability and crop productivity in Belgium.

Vanuytrecht, E., Raes, D., Willems, P.

Regional Environmental Change 16, 659–672.

The efficient urban canopy dependency parametrization (SURY) v1.0 for atmospheric modelling: description and application with the COSMO-CLM model for a Belgian summer.

Wouters, H., Demuzere, M., Blahak, U., Fortuniak, K., Maiheu, B., Camps, J., Tielemans, D., and van Lipzig, N. P. M.

Geoscientific Model Development, 9, 3027–3054.

Assessing seasonality in the surface urban heat island of London.

Zhou, B., Lauwaet, D., Hooyberghs, H., De Ridder, K., Kropp, J.P., Rybski, D.

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 55, 493-505.

UrbClim – a fast urban boundary layer climate model.

De Ridder, K., Lauwaet, D., Maiheu, B.

Urban Climate, 12, 21-48.

A study of the hourly variability of the urban heat island effect in the Greater Athens Area during summer.

Kourtidis K., Georgoulias, A.K., Rapsomanikis, S. , Amiridis, V., Keramitsoglou, I., Hooyberghs, H., Maiheu, B., Melas, D.

Science of the Total Environment, 517, 162–177.

Detailed urban heat island projections for cities worldwide: dynamical downscaling CMIP5 global climate models.

Lauwaet, D., Hooyberghs, H., Maiheu, B., Lefebvre, W., Driesen, G., Van Looy, S., De Ridder, K.

Climate, 3, 391-415.

The impact of impervious water-storage parametrization on urban climate modelling.

Wouters, H., Demuzere, M., De Ridder, K., van Lipzig, N.P.M.

Urban Climate, 11, 24-50.

Effect of weather data aggregation on regional crop simulation for different crops, production conditions, and response variables.

Zhao, G., Hoffmann, H., Bussel, L.G.J. van, Enders, A., Specka, X., Sosa, C., Yeluripati, J., Tao, F., Constantin, J., Raynal, H., Teixeira, E., Grosz, B., Doro, L., Zhao, Z., Nendel, C., Kiese, R., Eckersten, H., Haas, E., Vanuytrecht, E., Wang, E., Kuhnert, M., Trombi, G., Moriondo, M., Bindi, M., Lewan, E., Bach, M., Kersebaum, K., Rötter, R., Roggero, P.P., Wallach, D., Cammarano, D., Asseng, S., Krauss, G., Siebert, S., Gaiser, T., Ewert, F. 

Climate Research 65, 141–157.

The effect of climate change and emission scenarios on ozone concentrations over Belgium: a high-resolution model study for policy support.

Lauwaet, D., Viaene, P., Brisson, E., van Lipzig, N.P.M., van Noije, T., Strunk, A., Van Looy, S., Veldeman, N., Blyth, L., De Ridder, K., Janssen, S.

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14, 5893-5904.

Runoff and vegetation stress of green roofs under different climate change scenarios.

Vanuytrecht, E., Van Mechelen, C., Van Meerbeek, K., Willems, P., Hermy, M., Raes, D.

Landscape and Urban Planning 122, 68–77.

AquaCrop: FAO’S crop water productivity and yield response model.

Vanuytrecht, E., Raes, D., Steduto, P., Hsiao, T.C., Fereres, E., Heng, L.K., Garcia Vila, M., Mejias Moreno, P.

Environmental Modelling & Software 62, 351–360.

Comparing climate change impacts on cereals based on CMIP3 and EU-ENSEMBLES climate scenarios.

Vanuytrecht, E., Raes, D., Willems, P., Semenov, M.

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 195–196, 12–23.

Heat wave hazard classification and risk assessment using artificial intelligence fuzzy logic.

Keramitsoglou, I., Kiranoudis, C.T., Maiheu, B., De Ridder, K., Daglis, I.A., Manunta, P., Paganini, M.

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 

The diurnal evolution of the urban heat island of Paris: a model-based case study during Summer 2006.

Wouters, H., De Ridder, K., van Lipzig, N.P.M., Demuzere, M., Lauwaet, D.

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13, 8525-8541.

Exploring a new method for the retrieval of urban thermophysical properties using thermal infrared remote sensing and deterministic modeling.

De Ridder, K., Bertrand, C., Casanova, G., Lefebvre, W.

Journal of Geophysical Research. 117 D17, 1-14.

Evaluation of satellite-derived products for the characterization of the urban thermal environment.

Keramitsoglou, I., Daglis, I.A., Amiridis, V., Chrysoulakis, N., Ceriola, G., Manunta, P., Maiheu, B., De Ridder, K., Lauwaet, D., Paganini, M.

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 6, 061704.

Relative transpiration as a decision tool in crop management: a case for rainfed maize in Zimbabwe.

Mhizha, T., Geerts, S., Vanuytrecht, E., Makarau, A., Raes, D.

African Crop Science Journal 20, 47–57.

Considering sink strength to model crop production under elevated atmospheric CO₂.

Vanuytrecht, E., Raes, D., Willems, P.

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 151, 1753–1762.

Bulk transfer relations for the roughness sublayer.

De Ridder, K. 

Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 134 257-267.