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Conference Posters

Abousaeidi M; Pignatta G; Nazarian N, 2023, 'Developing a decision-making tool for utilizing low-cost retrofit techniques to reduce heat gain in social housing', Sydney, presented at ICUC-11, Sydney, 28 August 2023 - 01 September 2023

Conference Abstracts

Abousaedi M; Nazarian N; Pignatta G, 2025, 'To what extent can passive thermal retrofits address climate extremes in non-HVAC social housing?', in AHRC 2025, Sydney, presented at AHRC2025, Sydney, 18 February 2025 - 21 February 2025

Nazarian N; Kleissl J, 2011, 'CFD simulation of Urban Environment to study building energy and Urban Heat Island (UHI) implications', in APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System, pp. G5.008 - G5.008, presented at APS Division of Fluid Dynamics (Fall) 2012, http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012APS..DFD.G5008N

Reports

Nazarian N, 2024, Burning Money: The rising costs of heatwaves to Western Sydney, https://a21234.hostroomcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Committee_for_Sydney_Burning_Money_March_2024.pdf

Nazarian N, 2024, Quantifying the Risk of Airborne Disease Transmission using Smart CO2 Sensing

Nazarian N, 2023, Synthetic Turf in Public Spaces, https://www.chiefscientist.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/542263/CSE-Synthetic-Turf-Review-Final-Report.pdf

Nazarian N, 2022, Synthetic Turf in Public Spaces: Thermal Comfort, Heat Strain, and Heatrelated Health Risks, https://www.chiefscientist.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/542263/CSE-Synthetic-Turf-Review-Final-Report.pdf

Osmond P; Yu Y; Nazarian N, 2022, Mulpha Urban Cooling Design Guide, UNSW Sydney and Mulpha Norwest, Sydney, https://www.norwestcity.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2022-Norwest-Mulpha-Cooling-Guide-Final-Lo-Res.pdf

Nazarian N, 2021, Cool Suburbs Tool - User guide and science rational

Zlatanova S; Diakite A; Barton J; Nazarian N, 2021, Liveable City Digital Twin: Analytics for agile decision making - Work package 2

Nazarian N, 2021, Neighborhood Characteristic & Climatic Zones in Norwest City, https://arcg.is/1T0Xfb

Nazarian N, 2021, URBAN HEAT ASSESSMENT IN NORWEST City - Establishing a robust and transformational IoT sensor network and analytics, https://arcg.is/0SPW8y

Nazarian N; Pettit C, 2021, Urban Microclimate and Heat Mitigation Strategy for Mulpha Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28135

Nazarian N; Pettit C, 2021, Western Parklands City Sensor Network Heat & Air Quality Work Plan

Nazarian N, 2021, The Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils Ltd (WSROC) Cool Suburbs Rating Tool Science Advisory Report

Levinson R; Ban-Weiss G; Berdahl P; Chen S; Destaillats H; Dumas N; Gilbert H; Goudey H; Houzé de l’Aulnoit S; Kleissl J; Kurtz B; Li Y; Long Y; Mohegh A; Nazarian N; Pizzicotti M; Rosado P; Russell M; Slack J; Tang X; Zhang J; Zhang W, 2019, Solar-Reflective “Cool” Walls: Benefits, Technologies, and Implementation, Contract Number: EPC-14-010, https://escholarship.org/content/qt5w9995b4/qt5w9995b4.pdf

Software / Code

Nazarian N; Martilli A; Krayenhoff ES, 2019, Multi-Layer Urban Canopy Model V2.0 (MLUCM V2.0), Published: 30 September 2019, Software / Code, http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3464711

Theses / Dissertations

Nazarian N, 2015, Implications of Three-Dimensional Urban Heating on Fluid Flow and Dispersion, University of California San Diego, https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2zt417cz#author

Preprints

Snaiki R; Lu J; Li S; Nazarian N, 2025, A Hierarchical Deep Learning Model for Predicting Pedestrian-Level Urban Winds, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2510.27101

Zhan W; Bechtel B; Du H; Chakraborty T; Kotthaus S; Krayenhoff ES; Martilli A; Naserikia M; Nazarian N; Roth M; Sismanidis P; Stewart ID; Voogt J, 2025, Satellite-derived Land Surface Temperatures Strongly Mischaracterise Urban Heat Hazard, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2509.16568

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

Fazeli M; Nazarian N; Evans J; Lipson M; Gabeiras J; Sharma S; Martilli A, Are high-resolution urban datasets necessary for accurate heat exposure modelling in cities?, http://dx.doi.org/10.31223/x52v0n

Ruane AC; Pascoe CL; Teichmann C; Brayshaw DJ; Buontempo C; Diouf I; Fernandez J; Gonzalez PLM; Hassler B; Hernaman V; Im U; Iovino D; Juckes M; Lake IL; Lam T; Lin X; Mao J; Nazarian N; Parey S; Roy I; Tseng W-L; Turner B; Wiebe A; Zhao L; Zurell D, CMIP7 Data Request: Impacts and Adaptation Priorities and Opportunities, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-3408

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

Nazarian N; Krayenhoff S; Bechtel B; Hondula D; Paolini R; Vanos JK; Cheung T; Chow W; Dear RD; Jay O; Lee JK; Martilli A; Middel A; Norford LK; Sadeghi M; Santamouris M; Schiavon S, Integrated Assessment of Urban Overheating Impacts on Human Life, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10508877.1

Nazarian N; Krayenhoff S; Bechtel B; Hondula D; Paolini R; Vanos JK; Cheung T; Chow W; Dear RD; Jay O; Lee JK; Martilli A; Middel A; Norford LK; Sadeghi M; Santamouris M; Schiavon S, Integrated Assessment of Urban Overheating Impacts on Human Life, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10508877.2

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

Pitman A; Fitria R; Lopez-Bravo C; Shore M; Botterill S; Sharma S; Nazarian N; Evans J, Large data centres in cities risk suburban heating, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-10759073/v1

Lu J; Li W; Hobeichi S; Azad S; Nazarian N, Machine Learning Predicts Pedestrian Wind Flow from Urban Morphology and Prevailing Wind Direction, http://dx.doi.org/10.31223/x5f717

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

Martilli A; Nazarian N; Krayenhoff ES; Lachapelle J; Lu J; Rivas E; Rodriguez-Sanchez A; Sanchez B; Santiago JL, WRF-Comfort: Simulating micro-scale variability of outdoor heat stress at the city scale with a mesoscale model, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1069

Other

Abousaedi M; Pignatta G; Nazarian N, 2025, Evaluating Tree Shading impacts on Thermal Retrofits performance and IndoorComfort in High-Rise Non-HVAC Social Housing under extreme heat conditions, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/icuc12-827

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

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

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


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