By Associate Professor Melissa Anne Hart

Book Chapters

Hart M; Cooper N; Green D; Lipson M, 2021, 'The Synergistic Impacts of Urban Air Pollution Compounding Our Climate Emergency', in Urban Climate Science for Planning Healthy Cities, Springer, pp. 355 - 378, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87598-5

Journal articles

Ulpiani G; Hart MA; Di Virgilio G; Maharaj AM; Lipson MJ; Potgieter J, 2022, 'A citizen centred urban network for weather and air quality in Australian schools', Scientific Data, 9, pp. 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01205-9

Naserikia M; Hart MA; Nazarian N; Bechtel B, 2022, 'Background climate modulates the impact of land cover on urban surface temperature', Scientific Reports, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19431-x

Nice KA; Nazarian N; Lipson MJ; Hart MA; Seneviratne S; Thompson J; Naserikia M; Godic B; Stevenson M, 2022, 'Isolating the impacts of urban form and fabric from geography on urban heat and human thermal comfort', Building and Environment, 224, pp. 109502 - 109502, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109502

Lipson MJ; Nazarian N; Hart MA; Nice KA; Conroy B, 2022, 'A Transformation in City-Descriptive Input Data for Urban Climate Models', Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.866398

Pathmeswaran C; Sen Gupta A; Perkins-Kirkpatrick SE; Hart MA, 2022, 'Exploring Potential Links Between Co-occurring Coastal Terrestrial and Marine Heatwaves in Australia', Frontiers in Climate, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2022.792730

Ulpiani G; Hart MA; Di Virgilio G; Maharaj AM, 2022, 'Urban meteorology and air quality in a rapidly growing city: Inter-parameter associations and intra-urban heterogeneity', Sustainable Cities and Society, 77, pp. 103553 - 103553, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.103553

Di Virgilio G; Hart MA; Maharaj AM; Jiang N, 2021, 'Air quality impacts of the 2019–2020 Black Summer wildfires on Australian schools', Atmospheric Environment, 261, pp. 118450 - 118450, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118450

Potgieter J; Nazarian N; Lipson MJ; Hart MA; Ulpiani G; Morrison W; Benjamin K, 2021, 'Combining High-Resolution Land Use Data With Crowdsourced Air Temperature to Investigate Intra-Urban Microclimate', Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.720323

Liu S; Nazarian N; Hart MA; Niu J; Xie Y; de Dear R, 2021, 'Dynamic thermal pleasure in outdoor environments - temporal alliesthesia', Science of the Total Environment, 771, pp. 144910 - 144910, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144910

Hirsch AL; Evans JP; Thomas C; Conroy B; Hart MA; Lipson M; Ertler W, 2021, 'Resolving the influence of local flows on urban heat amplification during heatwaves', Environmental Research Letters, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac0377

Liu S; Nazarian N; Niu J; Hart MA; de Dear R, 2020, 'From thermal sensation to thermal affect: A multi-dimensional semantic space to assess outdoor thermal comfort', Building and Environment, 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.107112

Di Virgilio G; Evans JP; Clarke H; Sharples J; Hirsch AL; Hart MA, 2020, 'Climate Change Significantly Alters Future Wildfire Mitigation Opportunities in Southeastern Australia', Geophysical Research Letters, 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020GL088893

Martilli A; Roth M; Chow WTL; Demuzere M; Lipson M; Krayenhoff ES; Sailor D; Nazarian N; Voogt J; Wouters H; Middel A; Stewart ID; Bechtel B; Christen A; Hart MA, 2020, 'Summer average urban-rural surface temperature differences do not indicate the need for urban heat reduction', Open Science Framework (OSF), http://dx.doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/8gnbf

Lipson MJ; Thatcher M; Hart MA; Pitman A, 2019, 'Climate change impact on energy demand in building-urban-atmosphere simulations through the 21st century', Environmental Research Letters, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab5aa5

Lipson MJ; Thatcher M; Hart MA; Pitman A, 2018, 'A building energy demand and urban land surface model', Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 144, pp. 1572 - 1590, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.3317

Di Virgilio G; Hart MA; Jiang N, 2018, 'Meteorological controls on atmospheric particulate pollution during hazard reduction burns', Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, pp. 6585 - 6599, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-6585-2018

Ma S; Pitman A; Yang J; Carouge C; Evans JP; Hart M; Green D, 2018, 'Evaluating the effectiveness of mitigation options on heat stress for Sydney, Australia', Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 57, pp. 209 - 220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-17-0061.1

Ma S; Pitman A; Hart M; Evans JP; Haghdadi N; MacGill I, 2017, 'The impact of an urban canopy and anthropogenic heat fluxes on Sydney's climate', International Journal of Climatology, 37, pp. 255 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.5001

Yue RPH; Lee HF; Hart MA, 2017, 'Perceptions of visibility degradation in Hong Kong', Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 60, pp. 1073 - 1091, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2016.1197826

Jiang N; Scorgie Y; Hart M; Riley ML; Crawford J; Beggs PJ; Edwards GC; Chang L; Salter D; Virgilio GD, 2017, 'Visualising the relationships between synoptic circulation type and air quality in Sydney, a subtropical coastal-basin environment', International Journal of Climatology, 37, pp. 1211 - 1228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.4770

Lipson MJ; Hart MA; Thatcher M, 2017, 'Efficiently modelling urban heat storage: An interface conduction scheme in an urban land surface model (aTEB v2.0)', Geoscientific Model Development, 10, pp. 991 - 1007, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-991-2017

Yue RPH; Lee HF; Hart MA, 2016, 'The human dimension of visibility degradation in a compact city', Natural Hazards, 82, pp. 1683 - 1702, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-016-2263-7

Wong PPY; Lai PC; Low CT; Chen S; Hart M, 2016, 'The impact of environmental and human factors on urban heat and microclimate variability', Building and Environment, 95, pp. 199 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.09.024

Sailor DJ; Georgescu M; Milne JM; Hart MA, 2015, 'Development of a national anthropogenic heating database with an extrapolation for international cities', Atmospheric Environment, 118, pp. 7 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.07.016

Cheung CSC; Hart MA, 2014, 'Climate change and thermal comfort in Hong Kong', International Journal of Biometeorology, 58, pp. 137 - 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00484-012-0608-9

Thorpe AL; Hart MA, 2013, 'Changing Climates, Changing Cities? Planning Reform and Urban Sustainability in New South Wales', The Australasian Journal of Natural Resources Law and Policy, 16, pp. 133 - 156, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=204711638848451;res=IELHSS

Wong P; Lai P-C; Hart M, 2013, 'Microclimate Variations between Semienclosed and Open Sections of a Marathon Route', Advances in Meteorology, 2013, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/287934

Siu LW; Hart M, 2013, 'Quantifying urban heat island intensity in Hong Kong SAR, China', Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 185, pp. 4383 - 4398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-012-2876-6

Cheung CSC; Hart M, 2012, 'Climate change and thermal comfort in Hong Kong', International Journal of Biometeorology, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00484-012-0608-9

Hart MA; Sailor DJ, 2009, 'Quantifying the influence of land-use and surface characteristics on spatial variability in the urban heat island', Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 95, pp. 397 - 406, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00704-008-0017-5

Sailor DJ; Smith M; Hart M, 2008, 'Climate change implications for wind power resources in the Northwest United States', Renewable Energy, 33, pp. 2393 - 2406, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2008.01.007

Semenza JC; Wilson DJ; Parra J; Bontempo BD; Hart M; Sailor DJ; George LA, 2008, 'Public perception and behavior change in relationship to hot weather and air pollution', Environmental Research, 107, pp. 401 - 411, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2008.03.005

Vaneckova P; Hart MA; Beggs PJ; De Dear RJ, 2008, 'Synoptic analysis of heat-related mortality in Sydney, Australia, 1993-2001', International Journal of Biometeorology, 52, pp. 439 - 451, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00484-007-0138-z

Hart MA; De Dear R; Beggs PJ, 2007, 'A synoptic climatology of pollen concentrations during the six warmest months in Sydney, Australia', International Journal of Biometeorology, 51, pp. 209 - 220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00484-006-0053-8

Hart M; de Dear R; Hyde R, 2006, 'A synoptic climatology of tropospheric ozone episodes in Sydney, Australia', International Journal of Climatology, 26, pp. 1635 - 1649, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.1332

Hart M; De Dear R, 2004, 'Weather sensitivity in household appliance energy end-use', Energy and Buildings, 36, pp. 161 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2003.10.009

Conference Papers

Naserikia M; Nazarian N; Hart MA, 2021, 'Impact of Urban Land Cover Types on Surface Temperature', Online, pp. EGU21-10521 - EGU21-10521, presented at EGU General Assembly, Online, 19 April 2021, https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021EGUGA..2310521N/abstract

Naserikia M; Nazarian N; Hart M, 2021, 'Surface urban heat in different climates', Online, presented at Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Online, 04 February 2021

Liu S; Nazarian N; Hart M, 2021, 'From thermal neutrality to thermal pleasure: A better direction for urban climate engineering', Online, presented at Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Online, 04 February 2021

Liu S; De Dear R; Niu J; Hart M; Nazarian N, 2020, 'From Thermal Sensation to Thermal Affect: A Multi-Dimensional Semantic Space to Assess Outdoor Thermal Comfort', Boston, MA USA, presented at 100th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA USA, 13 January 2020

Wong PPY; Lai P-C; Hart M, 2016, 'Microclimate Variation of Urban Heat in a Small Community', in Lai PC; Low CT; Wong PPY (eds.), Procedia Environmental Sciences, ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Hong Kong, pp. 180 - 183, presented at International Conference on Geographies of Health and Living in Cities: Making Cities Healthy for All, Healthy Cities 2016, Hong Kong, 21 June 2016 - 24 June 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proenv.2016.09.030

Hart M; De Dear R; Hyde R, 2006, 'A technique for forecasting enhanced ozone days in a complex sub-tropical coastal urban environment', in 86th AMS Annual Meeting

Sailor DJ; Hart M, 2006, 'An anthropogenic heating database for major US cities', in 86th AMS Annual Meeting

Hart M; De Dear R; Hyde R, 2004, 'A climatology of photochemical smog episodes in Sydney Australia', in 13th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the Air and Waste Management Association, pp. 147 - 158

Reports

Thorpe AL; Hart M, 2014, Submission to the NSW Government on the 'BASIX Target Review'

Theses / Dissertations

Lipson M, 2019, Model development for urban climates, UNSW Sydney, http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/61474

Preprints

Nice K; Nazarian N; Lipson M; Hart M; Seneviratne S; Thompson J; Naserikia M; Godic B; Stevenson M, 2022, Isolating the impacts of urban form and fabric from geography on urban heat and human thermal comfort, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10511203.2

Nice K; Nazarian N; Lipson M; Hart M; Seneviratne S; Thompson J; Naserikia M; Godic B; Stevenson M, 2022, Isolating the impacts of urban form and fabric from geography in assessing heat mitigation strategies, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10511203.1

Di Virgilio G; Hart MA; Jiang N, 2017, Meteorological controls on atmospheric particulate pollution during hazard reduction burns, , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-2017-491

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