Ashley Broadbent
Visiting Scholar/Faculty/Researcher,
School of Geog Sci & Urban Pln
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Phone: 480-965-7533
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Google Scholar URL
Research Interests
- Climate change impacts
- Climate change mitigation and adaptation
- Extreme events (heatwaves; precipitation)
- Land-atmosphere-biosphere interactions at local-to-global-scales
- Environmental sustainability of renewable energy systems
- Urban climate processes – numerical modeling and measurement
- Population exposure to extreme heat and cold; human thermal comfort
- Climate sensitive infrastructure, land management, water-use, and planning
Publications
- Broadbent, A. M., Krayenhoff, E. S., & Georgescu, M. (2020). The motley drivers of heat and cold exposure in 21st century US cities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(35), 21108-21117.
- Broadbent, A. M., Krayenhoff, E. S., & Georgescu, M. (2020). Efficacy of cool roofs at reducing pedestrian-level air temperature during projected 21st century heatwaves in Atlanta, Detroit, and Phoenix (USA). Environmental Research Letters, 15(8), 084007.
- Heusinger, J., Broadbent, A. M., Sailor, D. J., & Georgescu, M. (2020). Introduction, evaluation and application of an energy balance model for photovoltaic modules. Solar Energy, 195, 382-395.
- Broadbent, A. M., Krayenhoff, E. S., Georgescu, M., & Sailor, D. J. (2019). The observed effects of utility-scale photovoltaics on near-surface air temperature and energy balance. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 58(5), 989-1006.
- Baniassadi, A., Sailor, D. J., Krayenhoff, E. S., Broadbent, A. M., & Georgescu, M. (2019). Passive survivability of buildings under changing urban climates across eight US cities. Environmental Research Letters, 14(7), 074028.
- Broadbent, A. M., Coutts, A. M., Nice, K. A., Demuzere, M., Krayenhoff, E. S., Tapper, N. J., & Wouters, H. (2019). The Air-temperature Response to Green/blue-infrastructure Evaluation Tool (TARGET v1. 0): an efficient and user-friendly model of city cooling. Geoscientific Model Development, 12(2), 785-803.
- Krayenhoff, E. S., Moustaoui, M., Broadbent, A. M., Gupta, V., & Georgescu, M. (2018). Diurnal interaction between urban expansion, climate change and adaptation in US cities. Nature Climate Change, 8(12), 1097.
- Broadbent, A. M., Coutts, A. M., Tapper, N. J., & Demuzere, M. (2018). The cooling effect of irrigation on urban microclimate during heatwave conditions. Urban Climate, 23, 309-329.
- Broadbent, A. M., Coutts, A. M., Tapper, N. J., Demuzere, M., & Beringer, J. (2018). The microscale cooling effects of water sensitive urban design and irrigation in a suburban environment. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 134(1-2), 1-23.
- Aragon, N. U., Wagner, M., Wang, M., Broadbent, A. M., Parker, N., & Georgescu, M. (2017). Sustainable Land Management for Bioenergy Crops. Energy Procedia, 125, 379388.
- Demuzere, M., Coutts, A. M., Gohler, M., Broadbent, A. M., Wouters, H., van Lipzig, N. P. M., & Gebert, L. (2014). The implementation of biofiltration systems, rainwater tanks and urban irrigation in a single-layer urban canopy model. Urban Climate, 10, 148170.
- Broadbent, A. M., Cullen, N. J., & Zawar-Reza, P. (2010). Wintertime Numerical Modelling of PM10 Air Pollution in Milton, Otago, New Zealand: Boundary Layer Structure, Effects of Data Assimilation, and Reaching National Environmental Standards. Air Quality and Climate Change, 44(4), 2228.