By Associate Professor Melissa Anne Hart

Journal articles

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, 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 Procedia Environmental Sciences, Elsevier BV, pp. 180 - 183, 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

Conference Presentations

Pathmeswaran C; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S; Sen Gupta A; Hart M, 2021, 'Are marine heatwaves increasing the likelihood of terrestrial heatwaves?', http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-8106

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

Nazarian N; Pitman AJ; Lipson MJ; Hart MA; Cleugh H; Harman I; Thatcher MJ; Hirsch AL; Di Virgilio G; Riley ML; Tapper N; Evans JP; Jakob C; Perez P, 2025, Strengthening national capability in urban climate science: an Australian perspective, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2509.03968

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/8gnbf

Lu J; Nazarian N; Hart M; Krayenhoff S; Martilli A, A one-dimensional urban flow model with an Eddy-diffusivity Mass-flux (EDMF) scheme and refined turbulent transport (MLUCM v3.0), http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2811

Naserikia M; Hart MA; Shamsabadi EA; Meissner K; Hobeichi S; Bechtel B; Nazarian N, Developing gridded air temperature data over cities using machine learning, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-7987756/v1

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

Nice K; Nazarian N; Lipson M; Hart M; Seneviratne S; Thompson J; Naserikia M; Godic B; Stevenson M, 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

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

Liu S; Nazarian N; Hart M; NIU J; Xie Y; de Dear R, Predicting Dynamic Thermal Sensation (Dts) in Outdoor Settings, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4272520

Nazarian N; Lu J; Lipson M; Liu S; Hart M; Krayenhoff S; Blunn L; Martilli A, UrbanTALES: A Comprehensive LES Dataset for Urban Canopy Layer Turbulence Analyses and Parameterization Development, http://dx.doi.org/10.31223/x58x3b

Other

Paolini R; Parchami M; Nazarian N; Hart M, 2025, MaRTy for Kids: Adapting Biomet Equipment to Capture the Heat Exposure of Children, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/icuc12-249

Lu J; Nazarian N; Hart M; Krayenhoff S, 2025, A one-dimensional urban flow model with an Eddy-diffusivity Mass-flux (EDMF) scheme and refined turbulent transport (MLUCM v3.0), Copernicus Publications, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-4829

Hart M; Lennard C; Jamero ML; Batino L; Borges de Amorim P; Francis F; Kalele D, 2025, Introducing the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) Academy, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-13649

Naserikia M; Hart M; Nazarian N; Sismanidis P; Kittner J; Bechtel B, 2025, Urban heat trends across global cities, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-7195

Nazarian N; Lu J; Hart M; Krayenhoff ES, 2025, UrbanTALES: A comprehensive dataset of Urban Turbulent Airflow using systematic Large Eddy Simulations, Copernicus Publications, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-7011

Parchami M; Nazarian N; Hart M; Liu S, 2024, Can your Smartwatch Measure Ambient Air Temperature?, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-21457

Lu J; Nazarian N; Hart M; Krayenhoff S; Martilli A, 2023, Supplementary material to "A one-dimensional urban flow model with an Eddy-diffusivity Mass-flux (EDMF) scheme and refined turbulent transport (MLUCM v3.0)", http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2811-supplement

Naserikia M; Hart MA; Nazarian N; Bechtel B; Nice KA, 2023, Understanding within-city interaction between surface and air temperatures, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-10461

Lu J; Nazarian N; Hart M; Krayenhoff S; Martilli A, 2023, Urban canopy parameterization of the non-local building effects with variable building height, Copernicus Publications, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-3877

Hart M; Maharaj A; Di Virgilio G; Ulpiani G, 2023, When citizen science meets urban climate: The Sydney Schools Weather and Air Quality (SWAQ) monitoring network, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-10421

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

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