Ariane Middel

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Asterisk (*) indicates lead and/or corresponding authorship. 

[J123] Aubrey Deanna Benson, Ben R. Crawford, John M. Frank, Ariane Middel, George P. Valentine, Travis Warziniack, Melissa R. McHale, Bridging accuracy and efficiency: Advancing mean radiant temperature measurement in Urban Ecology, International Journal of Biometeorology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-025-03038-8 [IF 3.6] 

[J122] Floris Wardenaar, Megha Budruk, Parker Kooima, Josh Boeckman, Ariane Middel, Frank LoVecchio, Stavros Kavouras. (in press). Individuals with higher risk perception report more heat stress and thirst after hiking in a hot and dry environment without other differences in physiological measurements, Environmental Research: Health [IF N/A, acceptance rate 46%]

[J121] Fengtao Qian, Hai Yan, Renwu Wu, Fan Yang, Ariane Middel, Lin Zhu, Jiangnan Shi. (2025). Do Children Face Greater Outdoor Heat Risks? A Comparative Study of Pedestrian-Scale Vertical Thermal Environment on Different Urban Land Covers. Building and Environment 284:113449 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.113449 [IF 7.6, acceptance rate 14%]

[J120] Pranav Pandya, Maider Llaguno-Munitxa, Martin Gareth Edwards, Emilie Lacroix, Gabriele Manoli, Ariane Middel. (2025). Environmental, psychological, and physiological data for urban outdoor thermal comfort assessments: A systematic review, International Journal of Biometeorology 69(8):1819–1841 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-025-02942-3 [IF 3.6]

[J119] Bin Chen, Fanhua Kong, Haiwei Yin, Ariane Middel, Huijun Pan; Kejing Zhou, Zhenya Li, Michael E. Meadows. (2025). Urban shade planning: insights from human movement in hot weather, Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 111:128888 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2025.128888 [IF 6.7, Acceptance rate 15%]

[J118] Haoran Hou, Weiqi Zhou, Jing Wang, Miao Yu, Jie Cao, Yihang Wang, Ariane Middel, Zhihua Wang. (2025). Urbanization-induced disparity of extreme heat distribution in metropolitan Beijing, Sustainable Cities and Society 127:106458https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2025.106458 [IF 11.7, acceptance rate 10%]

[J117] Zachary Van Tol, Ariane Middel, Jennifer K. Vanos, Kristin M. Ferguson. (2025). Overexposed and Understudied: Environmental Risks Among Older Adults Experiencing Homelessness in Phoenix, Arizona, GeoHealth 9(5):e2025GH001372 https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GH001372 [IF 4.4, acceptance rate 42%]

[J116] Müge Unal, Ariane Middel. (2025). Improving Thermal Comfort in Hot-Arid Phoenix, Arizona Courtyards: Exploring the Cooling Benefits of Ground Surface Cover and Shade, Sustainable Cities and Society 278:113001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.113001 [IF 11.7, acceptance rate 10%]

[J115] Kambiz Sadeghi, Cibin T. Jose, Shri H. Viswanathan, Galina Mihaleva, Ankit Joshi, Muhammad Abdullah, Lyle Bartels, Sylwester Wereski, Ariane Middel, Konrad Rykaczewski. (2025). Resolving shortwave and longwave irradiation distributions across the human body in outdoor built environments, Building and Environment 277:112934 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.112934 [IF 7.4, acceptance rate 20%]

[J114] Shasha Wang, Bing-Bing Zhou, Shilu Tong, TC Chakraborty, Zhihua Wang, Kangning Huang, Huilin Du, Ariane Middel, Jiufeng Li, Zihan Liu, Long Li, Fan Huang, Manchun Li. (2025). Dual Impact of Global Urban Heat on Mortality, Nature Climate Change 15:497–504 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02303-3 [IF 31.4]

[J113] Konrad Rykaczewski, Ankit Joshi, Shri H. Viswanathan, Emily Parkerson, Mahima Gupta, Michael Park, Isabella DeClair, Kambiz Sadeghi, Sylwester Wereski, Gokul Pathikonda, Jennifer K. Vanos, Ariane Middel. (2025). Advanced human heat exposure sensing using two cylinder anemometer and radiometer: introducing CARla, International Journal of Biometeorology 69:835–848 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-025-02860-4 [IF 3.6]

[J112] Xinjie Huang, Elie Bou-Zeid, Jennifer K. Vanos, Ariane Middel, Prathap Ramamurthy. (2025). Urban heat mitigation through misting, and its role in broader blue infrastructure portfolios, Landscape and Urban Planning 256:105290 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2024.105290 [IF 9.1]

[J111] Timothy Aiello, E. Scott Krayenhoff, Ariane Middel, Jon Warland. (2025). Observed determinants of urban outdoor thermal exposure during hot summer and snowy winter periods in a humid continental climate, Sustainable Cities and Society 118:106019 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.106019 [IF 11.7, acceptance rate 10%]

[J110] Zhenyu Gai, Fanhua Kong, Jie Su, Zhou Shen, Hui Sun, Shaoqi Yang, Hongqing Liu, Ariane Middel. (2025). How does Shade Infrastructure Affect Outdoor Thermal Comfort during Hot, Humid Summers? Evidence from Nanjing, China, Building and Environment 267:112320 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.112320 [IF 7.4, acceptance rate 20%]

[J109] Huilin Du, Wenfeng Zhan, Bingbing Zhou, Yang Ju, Zihan Liu, Ariane Middel, Kangning Huang, Lei Zhao, TC Chakraborty, Zhihua Wang, Shasha Wang, Jiufeng Li, Long Li, Fan Huang, Yingying Ji, Manchun Li. (2025). Urban Browning Exacerbates Heat Stress in the Global South, Nature Cities https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-024-00184-9 [IF N/A]

[J108] Jian Lu, Fanhua Kong, Ariane Middel, Haiwei Yin, Zhihao Wen, Hongqing Liu. (2024). Evaluating noise abatement effects of single trees using 3D information, Journal of Environmental Management 370:122818 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122818 [IF 8.7]

[J107] Saud AlKhaled, Ariane Middel, Pouya Shaeri, Isaac Buo, Florian A. Schneider. (2024). WebMRT: An Online Tool to Predict Summertime Mean Radiant Temperature in Desert Southwest Cities, United States, Using Machine Learning, Sustainable Cities and Society 115:105861 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.105861 [IF 11.7, acceptance rate 10%]

[J106] Hongqing Liu, Fanhua Kong, Haiwei Yin, Ariane Middel, Tao Sun, Shaoqi Yang, Jian Lu, Zhenya Li. (2024). Seasonal dynamics of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus stoichiometric traits in an extensive green roof in Nanjing, China, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 101:128515 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128515 [IF 6.5, acceptance rate 21%]

[J105] Gisel Guzman-Echavarria, Ariane Middel, Daniel J. Vecellio, Jennifer Vanos. (2024). The Development of an adaptive Heat Stress Compensability Classification applied to the United States, International Journal of Biometeorology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-024-02766-7 [IF 3.6] 

[J104] Negin Nazarian, Benjamin Bechtel, Gerald Mills, Melissa Anne Hart, Ariane Middel, E. Scott Krayenhoff, Gaby S. Langendijk, Lei Zhao, Andy Pitman, Winston Chow. (2024). Integration of Urban Climate Research within the Global Climate Change Discourse, PLOS Climate 3(8):e0000473 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000473 [IF 2.9]

[J103] Hai Yan, Yanjun Hu, Fengtao Qian, Ariane Middel, Renwu Wu, Minghui Zhu, Qian Han, Kechun Zhao, Han Wang, Feng Shao, Zhiyi Bao. (2024). Which street is hotter? Street morphology may hold clues -thermal environment mapping based on street view imagery, Building and Environment 262:111838 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111838 [IF 7.4, acceptance rate 20%]

[J102] Jing Huang, Fanhua Kong, Haiwei Yin, Ariane Middel, Julia K. Green, Hongqing Liu, Green roof plant physiological water demand for transpiration under extreme heat. (2024). Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 98:128411 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128411 [IF 6.5, acceptance rate 21%]

[J101] Shuang Liu, Ariane Middel, Renzhi Wu, Xiaoshan Fang. (in press). ENVI-met model performance evaluation for courtyard simulations in hot-humid climates, Urban Climate 55:101909 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2024.101909 [IF 5.731]

[J100] Ankit Joshi, Ashi Viswanathan, Ankush Jaiswal, Kambiz Sadeghi, Lyle Bartels, Rajan Jain, Gokul Pathikonda, Jennifer Vanos, Ariane Middel, Konrad Rykaczewski. (2024). Characterization of human extreme heat exposure using an outdoor thermal manikin, Science of the Total Environment 923:171525 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171525 [IF 9.9]

[J99] Florian A. Schneider, Erin Epel, Ariane Middel. (2024). Science and City Practitioner Literature Perspectives on Green Infrastructure and Reflective Pavement: A Disconnect?, Npj Nature Sustainability 4:17 https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-024-00155-y [IF N/A]

[J98] Konrad Rykaczewski, Ankit Joshi, Shri H. Viswanathan, Sai S. Guddanti, Kambiz Sadeghi, Mahima Gupta, Ankush K. Jaiswal, Krishna Kompally, Gokul Pahikonda, Riley Barlett, Jennifer K. Vanos, Ariane Middel. (2024). A simple three-cylinder radiometer and low-speed anemometer to characterize human extreme heat exposure, International Journal of Biometeorology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-024-02646-0 [IF 3.6]

[J97] Zachary Van Tol, Jennifer K. Vanos, Ariane Middel, Kristin M. Ferguson. (2024). Concurrent Heat and Air Pollution Exposures People Those Experiencing Homelessness, Environmental Health Perspectives 132(1): 015003 https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP13402 [IF 11.035]

[J96] Ahmet Cilek, Müge Unal, Ariane Middel. (2024). The effects of 2-D and 3-D urban landscape metrics on mean radiant temperature in hot-arid Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Sustainable Cities and Society 101:105116 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.105116 [IF 11.7, acceptance rate 10%]

[J95] Mansoureh Gholami, Ariane Middel, Daniele Torreggiani, Patrizia Tassinari, Alberto Barbaresic. (2024). A hybrid Python model to evaluate the cooling impact of urban trees on human thermal comfort, Building and Environment 248:111054 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.111054 [IF 7.4, acceptance rate 20%]

[J94] Peter J. Crank, Ariane Middel, Paul Coseo, David J. Sailor. (2023). Microclimate impacts of neighborhood redesign in a desert community using ENVI-met and MaRTy, Urban Climate 52:101702 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2023.101702  [IF 6.4, acceptance rate 23%]

[J93] Shaoqi Yang, Haiwei Yin, Ning Zhang, Taotao Tan, Ariane Middel, Hongqing Liu, Fanhua Kong. (2023). Carbon dioxide reduction from an intensive green roof through carbon flux observations and energy consumption simulations, Sustainable Cities and Society 99:104913 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.104913 [IF 11.7, acceptance rate 10%]

[J92] V. Kelly Turner, Ariane Middel, Jennifer Vanos. (2023). Shade is an essential solution for hotter cities, Nature 619 (7971):694–697 https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02311-3 [IF 60.9]

[J91] Anıl Akin, Ahmet Çilek, Ariane Middel. (2023). Modelling tree canopy cover and evaluating the driving factors based on remotely sensed data and machine learning, Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 86:128035 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2023.128035 [IF 6.4, acceptance rate 21%]

[J90] Xiandi Zheng, Fanhua Kong, Haiwei Yin, Ariane Middel, Hongqing Liu, Jing Huang, Ding Wang, Zhihao Wen. (2023). Green roof cooling and carbon mitigation benefits in a subtropical city, Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 86:128018 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2023.128018 [IF 6.4, acceptance rate 21%]

[J89] Taotao Tan, Fanhua Kong, Haiwei Yin, Lauren M. Cook, Ariane Middel, Shaoqi Yang. (2023). Carbon dioxide reduction from green roofs: A comprehensive review of processes, factors, and quantitative methods. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 182:113412 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.113412 [IF: 15.9]

[J88] Esra Suel, Emilly Muller, James E Bennett, Tony Blakely, Yvonne Doyle, John Lynch, Joreintje D. Mackenbach, Ariane Middel, Anja Mizdrak, Ricky Nathvani, Michael Brauer, Majid Ezzati. (2023).  Do poverty and wealth look the same the world over? A comparative study of 12 cities from five high-income countries, EPJ Data Sciene 12(1):19 https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-023-00394-6  [IF 4.4]

[J87] Jing Huan, Fanhua Kong, Haiwei Yin, Ariane Middel, Hongqing Liu, Michael E. Meadows. (2023). Green roof effects on urban building surface processes and energy budgets, Energy Conversation and Management, 287:117100 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2023.117100 [IF 10.4]

[J86] Isaac Buo, Valentina Sagris, Jaak Jaagus, Ariane Middel. (2023). High-resolution thermal exposure and shade maps for cool corridor planning, Sustainable Cities and Society, 93:104499 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.104499 [IF 11.7, acceptance rate 10%,]

[J85] Florian A. Schneider, Ariane Middel, Jennifer K. Vanos, David J. Sailor. (2023). Evidence-based guidance on reflective pavement for urban heat mitigation: A case study in Phoenix, Arizona, Nature Communication, 14:1467 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36972-5 [IF 16.6]

[J84] Rui Li, Mikhail V. Chester, Ariane Middel, Jennifer K. Vanos, Danae Hernandez-Cortes, Isaac Buo, David M. Hondula. (2023). Effectiveness of travel behavior and infrastructure change to mitigate heat exposure, Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 5 https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2023.1129388 [IF: 2.8]

[J83] Renzhi Wu, Xiaoshan Fang, Shuang Liu, Ariane Middel. (2023). A fast and accurate mean radiant temperature model for courtyards: Evidence from the Keyuan Garden in central Guangdong, China, Building and Environment, 229:10916 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109916 [IF 7.4, acceptance rate 20%]

[J82] Ali Alyakoob, Sherly Hartono, Trevor Johnson, Ariane Middel. (2023). Estimating cooling loads of Arizona State University buildings using microclimate data and machine learning, Journal of Building Engineering, 64:105705 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2022.105705 [IF 7.1, acceptance rate 20%]

[J81] Rui Li, Mikhail Chester, David M. Hondula, Ariane Middel, Jennifer K. Vanos, Lance Watkins. (2023). Repurposing mesoscale traffic models for insights into traveler heat exposure, Transportation Research Part D, 114:103548 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2022.103548 [IF 7.6]

[J80]* Ariane Middel, Matthew Huff, E. Scott Krayenhoff, Ananth Udupa, Florian A. Schneider. (2023). PanoMRT: Panoramic infrared thermography to model human thermal exposure and comfort, Science of the Total Environment, 859:160301, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160301 [IF 9.8, acceptance rate 24%]

[J79] Gisel Guzman Echavarria, Ariane Middel, Jennifer Vanos. (2023). Beyond heat exposure - new methods to quantify and link personal heat exposure, stress, and strain in diverse populations and climates: The journal Temperature toolbox, Temperature, 10(3): 358–378 https://doi.org/10.1080/23328940.2022.2149024 [IF 4.3]

[J78] Jacob A. Lachapelle, E. Scott Krayenhoff, Ariane Middel, Paul Coseo, Jon Warland. (2023). Maximizing the pedestrian radiative cooling benefit per street tree, Landscape and Urban Planning, 230:104608, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104608 [IF 9.1]

[J77] Irfan Batur, Samuel Markolf, Mikhail Chester, Ariane Middel, David M. Hondula, Jennifer K. Vanos. (2022). Street-level heat and air quality exposure informed by mobile sensing, Transportation Research Part D, 113:103535 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2022.103535 [IF 7.041]

[J76] Jan Geletič, Michael Lehnert, Jaroslav Resler, Pavel Krč, Ariane Middel, E. Scott Krayenhoff, Eduardo Krüger. (2022). High-fidelity simulation of the effects of street trees, green roofs and walls on the distribution of thermal exposure in Prague-Dejvice, Building and Environment, 223:109484 https://10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109484 [IF 7.093, acceptance rate 21%]

[J75] Negin Nazarian, E. Scott Krayenhoff, Benjamin Bechtel, David Hondula, Riccardo Paolini, Jennifer Vanos, Toby Cheung, Winston Chow, Richard de Dear, Ollie Jay, Jason Lee, Alberto Martilli, Ariane Middel, Leslie Norford, Mahsan Sadeghi, Mat Santamouris, Stefano Schiavon,. (2022). Integrated assessment of urban overheating impacts on human life, Earth’s Future, 10, e2022EF002682. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF002682 [IF 7.500, acceptance rate 40%]

[J74] Esra Suel, Meytar Sorek-Hamer, Izabela Moise, Michael von Pohle, Adwait Sahasrabhojanee, Ata Akbari Asanjan, Raphael Arku, Abosede S. Alli, Benjamin Barratt, Sierra N Clark, Ariane Middel, Emily Deardorff, Violet Lingenfelter, Nikunj C. Oza, Nishant Yadav, Majid Ezzati, Michael Brauer. (2022). What you see is what you breathe? Predicting air pollution spatial variation with street level imagery, Remote Sensing, 14(14), 3429. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14143429 [IF 5.349]

[J73] V. Kelly Turner, Emma M. French, John Dialessandro, Ariane Middel, David Hondula, George Ban Weiss, Hana Abdellati. (2022). How are cities planning for heat? Content analysis of United States municipal plans, Environmental Research Letters, 17(6):064054 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac73a9 [IF 6.947, acceptance rate 47%]

[J72] Rubab Saher, Ariane Middel, Haroon Stephen, Sajjad Ahmad. (2022). Microclimate effects and irrigation water requirement of mesic, oasis, and xeric landscapes, Hydrology, 9(6):104. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology9060104 [IF 2.173]

[J71] Coleman Merchant, Forrest Meggers, Miaomiao Hou, Dorit Aviv, Florian A. Schneider, Ariane Middel. (2022). Resolving radiant: Combining spatially resolved longwave and shortwave measurements to improve the understanding of radiant heat flux reflections and heterogeneity, Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 4:869743. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2022.869743 [IF N/A]

[J70] Karthik Kashinath Kulkarni, Florian A. Schneider, Tejaswi Gowda, Suren Jayasuriya, Ariane Middel. (2022). MaRTiny – A low cost thermal sensing device, Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10:866240. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.866240 [IF 4.581]

[J69] Yuliya Dzyuban, David M. Hondula, Jennifer K. Vanos, Ariane Middel, Paul J. Coseo, Evan R. Kuras, Charles L. Redman. (2022). Evidence of alliesthesia during a neighborhood thermal walk in a hot and dry city, Science of the Total Environment, 834: 155294. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155294 [IF 10.753, acceptance rate 23%]

[J68]* Ariane Middel, Negin Nazarian, Matthias Demuzere, Benjamin Bechtel. (2022). Urban Climate Informatics – an emerging research field, Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10:867434. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.867434 [IF 4.581]

[J67] Marc A. Adams, Christine B. Phillips, Akshar Patel, Ariane Middel. (2022). Training computers to see the built environment related to physical activity: Detection of micro-scale walkability features using computer vision, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,19:4548. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084548 [IF 4.614]

[J66] Jing Huang, Fanhua Kong, Haiwei Yin, Ariane Middel, Hongqing Liu, Xiandi Zheng, Zhihao Wen, Ding Wang. (2022). Transpirational cooling and physiological response of trees to heat, Agricultural and Urban Forest Meteorology, 320:108940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.108940 [IF 6.424]

[J65] Fanhua Kong, Jianyu Chen, Ariane Middel, Haiwei Yin, Manchun Li, Ting Sun, Ning Zhang, Jing Huang, Hongqing Liu, Jinsong Ma. (2022). Impact of 3-D urban landscape patterns on the outdoor thermal environment: A modelling study with SOLWEIG, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 94:101773. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2022.101773 [IF 6.454, acceptance rate 12%]

[J64] Jacob A. Lachapelle, E. Scott Krayenhoff, Ariane Middel, Samuel Meltzer, Ashley M. Broadbent, Matei Georgescu. (2022). A microscale three-dimensional model of urban outdoor thermal exposure (TUF-Pedestrian), International Journal of Biometeorology, 169:833–848. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-022-02241-1 [IF 3.787]

[J63] Dragan Milošević, Ariane Middel, Stevan Savić, Kevin Lau, Jelena Dunjić, Rastislav Stojsavljević. (2022). Mask wearing behavior in hot urban spaces of Novi Sad during the COVID-19 pandemic, Science of the Total Environment, 815:152782.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152782 [IF 10.753, acceptance rate 23%]

[J62] V. Kelly Turner, Morgan L. Rogers, Yujia Zhang, Ariane Middel, Florian A. Schneider, Jonathan P. Ocón, Megs Seeley, John J. Dialesandro. (2022). More than surface temperature: Mitigating thermal exposure in hyper-local land systems, Journal of Land Use Science, 17(1):79–99. https://doi.org/10.1080/1747423X.2021.2015003 [IF 2.897, acceptance rate 12%]

[J61] Konrad Rykaczewski, Jennifer K. Vanos, Ariane Middel. (2022). Anisotropic radiation source models for computational thermal manikin simulations based on common radiation field measurements, Building and Environment, 208: 108636. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108636
[IF 7.093, acceptance rate 21%]

[J60] Hongqing Liu, Haiwei Yin, Fanhua Kong, Ariane Middel, Xiandi Zheng, Tao Sun, Ding Wang, Itamar M. Lensky. (2022). Changing of nutrients, microorganisms, and physical properties of exposed extensive green roof substrate, Science of the Total Environment, 805:150344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150344 [IF 10.753, acceptance rate 23%]

[J59] Shreya Banerjee, Ariane Middel, Subrata Chattopadhyay. (2022). A regression-based three-phase approach to assess outdoor thermal comfort in informal micro-entrepreneurial settings in tropical Mumbai, International Journal of Biometeorology, 66:313–329.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-021-02136-7 [IF 3.787]

[J58] Jennifer K. Vanos, Mary Wright, Ariane Middel, Alaina Kaiser, Harrison Ambrose, David M. Hondula. (2022). Evaporative misters for urban cooling and comfort: effectiveness and motivations for use, International Journal of Biometeorology, 66:357–369. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-020-02056-y
[IF 3.787]

[J57] Yue Chang, Jingfeng Xiao, Xuxiang Li, Ariane Middel, Yunwei Zhang, Zhaolin Gu, Yiping Wu, Shan He. (2021). Exploring diurnal cycling of urban thermal environment and variations among local climate zones with land surface temperature data derived from ECOSTRESS. Remote Sensing of Environment, 263:112544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112544 [IF 13.850]

[J56]* Ariane Middel, Saud AlKhaled, Florian A. Schneider, Björn Hagen, Paul Coseo. (2021). 50 Grades of Shade. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS), 102(9):E1805–E1820. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0193.1 [IF 9.116]

[J55] Jennifer K. Vanos, Konrad Rykaczewski, Ariane Middel, Daniel J. Vecellio, Robert D. Brown, Terry J. Gillespie. (2021). Improved methods for estimating mean radiant temperature in hot and sunny outdoor settings. International Journal of Biometeorology, 65:967–983. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-021-02131-y [IF 3.787]

[J54] Xiandi Zheng, Fanhua Kong, Haiwei Yin, Ariane Middel, Hongqing Liu, Ding Wang, Tao Sun, Itamar Lensky. (2021). Outdoor thermal performance of green roofs across multiple time scales: A case study in subtropical China. Sustainable Cities and Society, 102909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.102909 [IF 10.696, acceptance rate 15%]

[J53] Hongqing Liu, Fanhua Kong, Haiwei Yin, Ariane Middel, Xiandi Zheng, Jing Huang, Hairong Xu, Ding Wang, Zhihao Wen. (2021). Impacts of green roofs on water, temperature, and air quality: A bibliometric review, Building and Environment, 196:107794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107794 [IF 7.093, acceptance rate 21%]

[J52] Scott E. Krayenhoff, Ashley M. Broadbent, Lei Zhao, Matei Georgescu, Ariane Middel, James A. Voogt, Alberto Martilli, David Sailor, Evyatar Erell. (2021). Cooling hot cities: A systematic and critical review of the numerical modelling literature, Environmental Research Letters, 16(5): 053007. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abdcf1 [IF 6.793]

[J51] Mehdi P. Heris, Kenneth J. Bagstad, Charles Rhodes, Austin Troy, Ariane Middel, John Matuszak. (2021). Piloting urban ecosystem accounting for the United States, Ecosystem Services, 48:101226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101226 [IF 5.454]

[J50] Dorit Aviv, Hongshan Guo, Ariane Middel, Forrest Meggers. (2021). Evaluating radiant heat in an outdoor urban environment: Resolving spatial and temporal variations with two sensing platforms and data-driven simulation, Urban Climate, 35:100745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2020.100745
[IF 6.663, acceptance rate 30%]

[J49]* Peter Crank, Ariane Middel, Melissa Wagner, Dani Hoots, Martin Smith, Anthony J. Brazel. (2020). Validation of seasonal mean radiant temperature simulations in hot arid urban climate, Science of the Total Environment, 141392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141392 [IF 6.551]

[J48] Mehdi P. Heris, Ariane Middel, Brian H. Muller. (2020). Impacts of form and design policies on urban microclimate: Assessment of zoning and design guideline choices in urban redevelopment projects, Landscape and Urban Planning, 202:103870. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103870
[IF 5.441]

[J47] Zoe Hamstead, Paul Coseo, Saud AlKhaled, Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah, David Hondula, Ariane Middel, Nicholas Rajkovich. (2020). Thermally resilient communities: Creating a socio-technical collaborative response to extreme temperatures, Buildings and Cities, 1(1):218–232. http://doi.org/10.5334/bc.15 [IF N/A]

[J46]* Ariane Middel, V. Kelly Turner, Florian A. Schneider, Yujia Zhang, Matthew Stiller. (2020). Solar reflective pavement – A policy panacea to heat mitigation? Environmental Research Letters, 15:064016. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab87d4 [IF 6.096]

[J45] Shreya Banerjee, Ariane Middel, Subrata Chattopadhyay. (2020). Outdoor thermal comfort in various microentrepreneurial settings in hot humid tropical Kolkata: Human biometeorological assessment of objective and subjective parameters, Science of the Total Environment, 721:137741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137741 [IF 6.551]

[J44] David M. Iwaniec, Matei Georgescu, Melissa Davidson, Elisabeth M. Cook, E. Scott Krayenhoff, Nancy B. Grimm, Monica Berbés-Blázquez, Xiaoxiao Li, Ariane Middel, David Sampson. (2020). The co-production of sustainable future scenarios, Landscape and Urban Planning, 197:103744. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103744 [IF 5.441]

[J43] Roxana Bujack, Ariane Middel. (2020). State of the art in flow visualization in the environmental sciences, Environmental Earth Sciences, 79(2):65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-019-8800-4
[IF 2.180]

[J42] Kerry Nice, Jasper S. Wijnands, Ariane Middel, Jingcheng Wang, Yiming Qiu, Nan Zhao, Jason Thompson, Gideon D.P.A. Aschwanden, Haifeng Zhao, Mark Stevenson. (2020). Sky pixel detection in outdoor imagery using an adaptive algorithm and machine learning, Urban Climate, 31:100572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2019.100572 [IF 3.834]

[J41] Kaylee Colter, Ariane Middel, Chris A. Martin. (2019). Effects of natural and artificial shade on human thermal comfort in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 44:126429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2019.126429 [IF 3.043]

[J40] Haiwei Yin, Fanhua Kong, Iryna Dronova, Ariane Middel, Philip James. (2019). Investigation of extensive green roof outdoor spatio-temporal thermal performance during summer in a subtropical monsoon climate, Science of the Total Environment, 696:133976. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133976 [IF 5.589]

[J39] Sushobhan Sen, Jeffery Roesler, Benjamin L. Ruddell, Ariane Middel. (2019). Cool pavement strategies for heat mitigation in suburban Phoenix, Arizona, Sustainability, 11(16):4452. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11164452 [IF 2.592].

[J38]* Ariane Middel, E. Scott Krayenhoff. (2019). Micrometeorological determinants of pedestrian thermal exposure during record-breaking heat in Tempe, Arizona: Introducing the MaRTy observational platform, Science of the Total Environment, 687:137–151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.085 [IF 5.589]

[J37] Mehdi Aminipouri, David Rayner, Fredrik Lindberg, Sofia Thorsson, Anders Jensen Knudby, Kirsten Zickfeld, Ariane Middel, E. Scott Krayenhoff. (2019). Urban tree planting to maintain outdoor thermal comfort under climate change: The case of Vancouver's local climate zones. Building and Environment, 158:226–236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.05.022 [IF 4.820]

[J36] Jason Ching, Dan Aliaga, Gerald Mills, Valery Masson, Linda See, Marina Neophytou, Ariane Middel, Alexander Baklanov, Chao Ren, Ed Ng, Jimmy Fung, Michael Wong, Yuan Huang, Alberto Martilli, Oscar Brousse, Iain Stewart, Xiaowei Zhang, Aly Shehata, Shiguang Miao, Xuemei Wang, Weiwen Wang, Yoshiki Yamagata, Denise Duarte, Yuguo Li, Johan Feddema, Benjamin Bechtel, Julia Hidalgo, Yelva Roustan, YoungSeob Kim, Helge Simon, Tim Kropp, Michael Bruse, Fredrik Lindberg, Sue Grimmond, Matthias Demuzere, Fei Chen, Chen Li, Jorge Gonzales-Cruz, Bob Bornstein, Qiaodong He, Tzu-Ping Lin, Adel Hanna, Evyatar Erell, Nigel Tapper, R.K. Mall, Dev Niyogi. (2019). Pathway using WUDAPT’s Digital Synthetic City tool towards generating urban canopy parameters for multi-scale urban atmospheric modeling, Urban Climate, 28: 100459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2019.100459 [IF N/A]

[J35] Matthias Demuzere, Benjamin Bechtel, Ariane Middel, Gerald Mills. (2019). Mapping Europe into Local Climate Zones, PLoS ONE, 14(4):e0214474. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214474
[IF 2.776]

[J34] Yujia Zhang, Ariane Middel, Billie L. Turner II. (2019). Evaluating the effects of vertical urban forms on neighborhood land surface temperature using Google Street View images. Landscape Ecology, 34(3):681–697. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-019-00794-y [IF 4.349]

[J33] Mehdi Aminipouri, Anders Jensen Knudby, E. Scott Krayenhoff, Kirsten Zickfeld, Ariane Middel. (2019). Modelling the impact of increased street tree cover on mean radiant temperature across Vancouver’s local climate zones. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 39:9–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2019.01.016 [IF 3.043]

[J32] David Hondula, John Sabo, Ray Quay, Mikhail Chester, Matei Georgescu, Nancy Grimm, Sharon Harlan, Ariane Middel, Bruce Rittmann, Benjamin Ruddell, Dave White. (2019). Cities of the Southwest are testbeds for urban resilience, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 17(2):79–80. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2005 [IF 10.935]

[J31]* Ariane Middel, Jonas Lukasczyk, Sophie Zakrzewski, Michael Arnold, Ross Maciejewski. (2019). Urban form and composition of street canyons: A human-centric big data and deep learning approach, Landscape and Urban Planning, 183:122–132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.12.001 [IF 5.144]

[J30] Jennifer K. Vanos, Eichi Kosaka, Akiko Iida, Makoto Yokohari, Ariane Middel, Ian Scott-Flemming, Robert D. Brown. (2019). Planning for spectator thermal comfort and health in the face of extreme heat: The Tokyo 2020 Olympic marathons, Science of the Total Environment, 657:904–917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.447 [IF 5.589]

[J29] Benjamin Bechtel, Paul J Alexander, Christoph Beck, Jürgen Böhner, Oscar Brousse, Jason Ching, Matthias Demuzere, Cidália Fonte, Tamás Gál, Julia Hidalgo, Peter Hoffmann, Ariane Middel, Gerald Mills, Chao Ren, Linda See, Panagiotis Sismanidis, Marie-Leen Verdonck, Guang Xu, Yong Xu. (2019). Generating WUDAPT Level 0 data – Current status of production and evaluation. Urban Climate, 27:24–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2018.10.001 [IF N/A]

[J28] Christopher Hoehne, David Hondula, Mikhail Chester, David Eisenman, Ariane Middel, Andrew Fraser, Lance Watkins, Katrina Gerster. (2018). Heat exposure during outdoor activities in the US varies significantly by city, demography, and activity, Health and Place, 54:1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.08.014 [IF 3.202]

[J27]* Ariane Middel, Jonas Lukasczyk, Ross Maciejewski, Matthias Demuzere, Matthias Roth. (2018). Sky view factor footprints for urban climate modeling, Urban Climate, 25:120–134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2018.05.004 [IF N/A]

[J26] Eichi Kosaka, Akiko Iida, Jennifer Vanos, Ariane Middel, Makoto Yokohari, Robert Brown. (2018). Microclimate variation and estimated heat stress of runners in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic marathon, Atmosphere, 9:192. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9050192 [IF 1.704]

[J25] Jennifer Vanos, Ariane Middel, Michelle Poletti, Nancy Selover. (2018). Evaluating the impact of solar radiation on pediatric heat balance within enclosed, hot vehicles. Temperature, 5(3):276–292 https://doi.org/10.1080/23328940.2018.1468205 [IF N/A]

[J24]* Chuyuan Wang, Ariane Middel, Soe W. Myint, Anthony J. Brazel, Shai Kaplan, Jonas Lukasczyk. (2018). Assessing local climate zones in arid cities: The case of Phoenix, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 141:59–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2018.04.009 [IF 6.942]

[J23] David M. Hondula, Robert C. Balling Jr., Riley Andrade, E. Scott Krayenhoff, Ariane Middel, Aleš Urban, Matei Georgescu, David J. Sailor. (2017). Biometeorology in cities, International Journal of Biometeorology. 61(Supp 1):59–69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-017-1412-3 [IF 2.204]

[J22] Evan R. Kuras, Molly C. Bernhard, Miriam M. Calkins, Kristie L. Ebi, Jeremy J. Hess, Kristina W. Kintziger, Meredith A. Jagger, Ariane Middel, Anna A. Scott, June T. Spector, Christopher K. Uejio, Jennifer K. Vanos, Benjamin F. Zaitchik, Julia M. Gohlke, David M. Hondula. (2017). Opportunities and challenges for personal heat exposure research, Environmental Health Perspectives, 125(8):085001. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP556 [IF 9.780]

[J21] Chao Fan, Soe Myint, Shai Kaplan, Ariane Middel, Baojuan Zheng, Atiqur Raham, Huei-Ping Huang, Anthony Brazel, Dan Blumberg, (2017). Understanding the impact of urbanization on surface urban heat islands – A longitudinal analysis of the oasis effect in subtropical desert cities, Remote Sensing, 9(7):672. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9070672 [IF 3.244]

[J20] Benjamin Bechtel, Matthias Demuzere, Panagiotis Sismanidis, Daniel Fenner, Oscar Brousse, Christoph Beck, Frieke Van Coillie, Olaf Conrad, Iphigenia Keramitsoglou, Ariane Middel, Gerald Mills, Dev Niyogi, Marco Otto, Linda See, Marie-Leen Verdonck, (2017). Quality of crowdsourced data on urban morphology – the human influence experiment (HUMINEX), Urban Science, 1(2):15. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci1020015 [IF N/A]

[J19]* Ariane Middel, Jonas Lukasczyk, Ross Maciejewski. (2017). Sky View Factors from Synthetic Fisheye Photos for Thermal Comfort Routing – A Case Study in Phoenix, Arizona, Urban Planning, 2(1):19–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/up.v2i1.855 [IF N/A]

[J18] Haiwei Yin, Fanhua Kong, Ariane Middel, Iryna Dronova, Hailong Xu, Philip James. (2017). Cooling effect of direct green façades during hot summer days: An observational study in Nanjing, China using TIR and 3DPC data, Building and Environment, 116:195–206.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.02.020 [IF 4.053]

[J17]* Ariane Middel, Nancy Selover, Björn Hagen, Nalini Chhetri. (2016). Impact of shade on outdoor thermal comfort - A seasonal field study in Tempe, Arizona, International Journal of Biometeorology, 60(12):1849–1861. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-016-1172-5 [IF 2.204]

[J16] Katherine Crewe, Anthony J. Brazel, Ariane Middel. (2016). Desert New Urbanism: Testing for comfort in downtown Tempe Arizona, Journal of Urban Design, 21(6):746–763. https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2016.1187558 [IF 0.605]

[J15] Björn Hagen, Ariane Middel, David Pijawka. (2016). Global climate change risk and mitigation perceptions: A comparison of nine countries, Journal of Sustainable Development, 9(5):214–228. https://doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v9n5p214 [IF N/A]

[J14] Fanhua Kong, Changfeng Sun; Fengfeng Liu; Haiwei Yin, Fei Jiang, Yingixa Pu, Gina Cavan, Cynthia Skelhorn, Ariane Middel, Iryna Dronova. (2016). Energy saving potential of fragmented green spaces due to their temperature regulating ecosystem services in the summer, Applied Energy, 183:1428–1440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.09.070 [IF 7.182]

[J13] Björn Hagen, David Pijawka, Ariane Middel. (2016). European climate change perceptions: Mitigation and adaptation policies to improve resiliency, Environmental Policy and Governance, 26:170–183. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.1701 [IF 2.032]

[J12] Xiaoxiao Li, Wenwen Li, Ariane Middel, Sharon Harlan, Anthony J. Brazel, Billie L. Turner II. (2016). Remote sensing of the surface urban heat island and land architecture in Phoenix, Arizona: Combined effects of land composition and configuration and cadastral-demographic-economic factors, Remote Sensing of Environment, 174:233–243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2015.12.022  
[IF 6.265]

[J11] Jennifer K. Vanos, Ariane Middel, Grant R. McKercher, Evan R. Kuras, Benjamin L. Ruddell. (2016). Hot playgrounds and children's health: A multiscale analysis of surface temperatures in Arizona, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning, 146:29–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.10.007
[IF 4.563]

[J10] Kathrin Häb, Benjamin L. Ruddell, Ariane Middel. (2015). Sensor lag correction for mobile urban microclimate measurements, Urban Climate, 14(4):622–635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2015.10.003 [IF N/A]

[J9] Soe W. Myint, Baojuan Zheng, Emily Talen, Chao Fan, Shai Kaplan, Ariane Middel, Martin Smith, Huei-Ping Huang, Anthony J. Brazel. (2015). Does the spatial arrangement of urban landscape matter? Examples of urban warming and cooling in Phoenix and Las Vegas, Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 1(4):1–15. https://doi.org/10.1890/EHS14-0028.1 [IF N/A]

[J8] Kathrin Häb, Ariane Middel, Benjamin L. Ruddell, Hans Hagen. (2015). TraVis – A visualization framework for mobile transect data sets in an urban microclimate context, Proceedings of the Pacific Visualization Symposium (PacificVis), 2015 IEEE, Hangzhou, China, April 14-17, 2015. [Acceptance Rate: 30.4%]

[J7]* Ariane Middel, Nalini Chhetri, Ray Quay. (2015). Urban forestry and cool roofs: Assessment of heat mitigation strategies in Phoenix residential neighborhoods, Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 14(1):178–186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2014.09.010 [IF 2.109]

[J6] Kathrin Häb, Nils H. Feige, Lars S. Hüttenberger, Ariane Middel, Hans Hagen. (2014). Visualizing the temporal development of thermo-radiative features on ground-based thermographs, Environmental Earth Sciences, 72(10):3781–3793. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-014-3472-6 [IF 1.765]

[J5]* Ariane Middel, Kathrin Häb, Anthony J. Brazel, Chris Martin, Subhrajit Guhathakurta. (2014). Impact of urban form and design on mid-afternoon microclimate in Phoenix Local Climate Zones, Landscape and Urban Planning, 122:16–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.11.004
[IF 4.563]

[J4]* Ariane Middel, Anthony J. Brazel, Patricia Gober, Soe W. Myint, Heejun Chang, Jiunn-Der Duh. (2012) Land cover, climate, and the summer surface energy balance in Phoenix, AZ and Portland, OR, International Journal of Climatology, 32(13):2020–2032. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.2408
[IF 3.609]

[J3] Patricia Gober, Ariane Middel, Anthony J. Brazel, Soe W. Myint, Heejun Chang, Jiunn-Der Duh, Lily House-Peters. (2012). Tradeoffs between water conservation and temperature amelioration in Phoenix and Portland: Implications for urban sustainability, Urban Geography, 33(7):1030–1054.
https://doi.org/10.2747/0272-3638.33.7.1030 [IF 1.322]

[J2]* Ariane Middel, Anthony J. Brazel, Shai Kaplan, Soe W. Myint. (2012). Daytime cooling efficiency and diurnal energy balance in Phoenix, AZ, Climate Research, 54(1):21–34. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01103 [IF 2.496]

[J1]* Ariane Middel, Anthony J. Brazel, Björn Hagen, Soe W. Myint. (2012). Land cover modification scenarios and their effects on daytime heating in the inner core residential neighborhoods of Phoenix, AZ, USA, Journal of Urban Technology, 18(4):61–79. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2011.648434
[IF 1.234]