Journal Publications   (since 1988)
Source areas (turbulent and radiative) | Surface temperature and remote sensing | Surface energy balance and parameterization of fluxes
Urban evaporation and dewfall | Urban roughness and turbulence | Urban heat island and thermal climates of streets and parks | Validation | Other

     Source areas (turbulent and radiative)

       Soux, A, J.A. Voogt and T.R. Oke, 2004: “A model to calculate what a remote sensor ‘sees’ of an urban surface”, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 111, 401-424. Abstract

       Schmid, H. P. and T. R. Oke, 1990: "A model to estimate the source area contributing to surface layer turbulence at a point over patchy terrain," Quarterly Journal Royal Meteorological Society, 116, 965-988.

       Schmid, H. P., H. A. Cleugh, C. S. B. Grimmond and T. R. Oke, 1990: "Spatial variability of energy fluxes in suburban terrain," Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 54, 249-276.

     Surface temperature and remote sensing

       Voogt, J.A. and T.R. Oke, 2003: “Thermal remote sensing of urban climates”, Remote Sensing of Environment, 86, 370-384. Abstract

       Voogt, J.A. and T.R. Oke, 1998: "Radiometric temperatures of urban canyon walls obtained from vehicle traverses", Theoretical and Applied Climatology,  60, 199-217.  Abstract

       Voogt, J.A. and T.R. Oke, 1998: "Effects of urban surface geometry on remotely-sensed surface temperature", International Journal of Remote Sensing,  19, 895-920.  Abstract

       Voogt, J.A. and T.R.Oke, 1997: “Complete urban surface temperatures”, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 36, No. 9, 1117-1132.

       Roth, M., T. R. Oke and W. J. Emery, 1989: "Satellite-derived urban heat islands from three coastal cities and the utility of such data in urban climatology," International Journal of Remote Sensing, 10, 1699-1720.

     Surface energy balance of cities and parameterization of fluxes

         Newton, T., T.R. Oke, C.S.B. Grimmond and M. Roth, 2007: “The suburban energy balance in Miami, Florida”, Geografiska Annaler, Series A, 89 A, 331–347.

   Roberts, S.M., T.R. Oke, C.S.B. Grimmond and J.A. Voogt, 2006: “Comparison of four methods to estimate urban heat storage”, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 45, 1766-1781. Abstract

   Offerle, B., C.S.B. Grimmond, K. Fortuniak, K. Kłysik and T.R. Oke, 2005: “Temporal variations in heat fluxes over a northern European city centre”. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 84, 103-116. Abstract

   Grimmond, C.S.B., J.A. Salmond, T.R.Oke, B.Offerle and A. Lemonsu, 2004: “Flux and turbulence measurements at a dense urban site in Marseille: heat, mass (water, carbon dioxide) and momentum”, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 109, D24101, 1 - 19. Abstract

   Offerle, B., C.S.B. Grimmond and T.R. Oke, 2003: “Parameterisation of net all-wave radiation for urban areas”, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 42, 1157-1173.  Abstract

   Grimmond, C.S.B. and T.R. Oke, 2002: “Turbulent heat fluxes in urban areas: observations and a Local-scale Urban Meteorological Parameterization Scheme (LUMPS)”, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 41, 792-810.  Abstract

   Spronken-Smith, R.A., T.R. Oke and W.P. Lowry, 2000: "Advection and the surface energy balance of an irrigated urban park", International Journal of Climatology, 20, 1033-1047.  Abstract

   Grimmond, C.S.B. and T.R. Oke, 1999: “Heat storage in urban areas: local-scale observations and evaluation of a simple model”, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 38, 922-940.  Abstract

   Oke, T.R., Spronken-Smith, R., Jauregui, E. and C.S.B. Grimmond, 1999:  “The energy balance of central Mexico City during the dry season”, Atmospheric Environment, 33, 3919-3930.  Abstract

   Grimmond, C.S.B. and T.R. Oke, 1995: "Comparison of heat fluxes from summertime observations in the suburbs of four North American cities", Journal of Applied Meteorology, 34, 873-889.

   Roth, M. and T.R. Oke, 1994: "Comparison of modelled and "measured" heat storage in suburban terrain", Beiträge zur Physik der Atmosphäre, 67, 149-156.

   Grimmond, C.S.B., Oke, T.R. and H.A. Cleugh, 1993: "The role of "rural" in comparisons of observed suburban-rural flux differences", International Association of Scientific Hydrology, Publication No. 212, 165-174.

   Oke, T.R., Zeuner, G. and E. Jauregui, 1992: "The surface energy balance in Mexico City", Atmospheric Environment, 26B, 433-444.

   Grimmond, C. S. B., H. A. Cleugh and T. R. Oke, 1991: "An objective heat storage model and its comparison with other schemes," Atmospheric Environment, 25B, 311-326.

   Oke, T. R., H. A. Cleugh, C. S. B. Grimmond, H. P. Schmid and M. Roth, 1989: "Evaluation of spatially-averaged fluxes of heat, mass and momentum in the urban boundary layer," Weather and Climate, 9, 14-21.

   Oke, T. R., 1988: "The urban energy balance," Progress in Physical Geography, 12, 471-508.

     Urban evaporation and dewfall

   Richards, K. and T.R. Oke, 2002: “Validation and results of a scale model of dew deposition in urban environments”, International Journal of Climatology, 22, 1915-1933.  Abstract

   Grimmond C.S.B. and T.R. Oke 1999. Rates of evaporation in urban areas. Impacts of Urban Growth on Surface and Ground Waters. International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Publication No. 259, 235-243.

   Grimmond, C. S. B. and T. R. Oke, 1991: "An evapotranspiration-interception model for urban areas," Water Resources Research, 27, 1739-1755.

     Urban roughness and turbulence

  

   Lagouarde, J-P, M. Irvine, J.-M. Bonnefond, C.S.B. Grimmond, T.R. Oke, J. Salmond and B. Offerle, 2006:” Monitoring the sensible heat flux over urban areas using large aperture scintillometry: case study of Marseille city during the ESCOMPTE experiment”, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 118, 449-476.  . Abstract

   Kanda, M., R. Moriwaki, M. Roth and T.R. Oke, 2002: “Area-averaged sensible heat flux and a new method to determine zero-plane displacement length over an urban surface using scintillometry”, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 105, 177-193.  Abstract

   Kanda, M., R. Moriwaki, J. Suzuki, M. Roth and T.R. Oke, 2000: “Turbulent flux measurement in the urban boundary layer using scintillometers”, TENKI, 47, 453-462.

   Kanda, M., R. Moriwaki, J. Suzuki, M. Roth and T.R. Oke, 2000: “Study of similarity functions of turbulent statistics in an urban boundary layer”, TENKI, 47, 493-501.

   Grimmond, C.S.B. and T.R. Oke, 1999:  “Aerodynamic properties of urban areas derived from analysis of surface form”, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 38, 1262-1292.  Abstract

   Grimmond, C.S.B., King, T.S., Roth, M. and T.R. Oke, 1998:  “Aerodynamic roughness of urban areas derived from wind observations”, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 89, 1-24.  Abstract

   Roth, M. and T.R. Oke, 1995: "Relative efficiencies of turbulent transfer of heat, mass and momentum over a patchy urban surface", Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 52, 1863-1874.

   Roth, M. and T.R. Oke, 1993: "Turbulent transfer relationships over a suburban surface. Part I: Spectral characteristics", Quarterly Journal Royal Meteorological Society, 119, 1071-1104.

   Roth, M., T. R. Oke and D. G. Steyn, 1989: "Velocity and temperature spectra and cospectra in an unstable suburban atmosphere," Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 47, 309-320.

     Urban heat island and thermal climates of streets and parks

         Salmond, J.A, T.R. Oke, C.S.B. Grimmond, S. Roberts and B. Offerle, 2005: “Venting of heat and carbon dioxide from urban canyons at night”, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 44, 1180-1194. Abstract

   Runnalls, K.E. and T.R. Oke, 2000: “Dynamics and controls of the near-surface heat island of Vancouver, B.C.”, Physical Geography, 21, 283-304.  Abstract

   Spronken-Smith, R.A. and T.R. Oke, 1999:  “Scale modelling of nocturnal cooling in urban parks”,  Boundary-Layer  Meteorology, 93, 287-312.  Abstract

   Spronken-Smith, R.A. and T.R. Oke, 1998:  “The thermal regime of urban parks in two cities with different summer climates”, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 19, 2085-2104.  Abstract

   Johnson, G. T., T. R. Oke, T. J. Lyons, D. G. Steyn, I. D. Watson and J. A. Voogt, 1991: "Simulation of surface urban heat islands under `ideal' conditions at night, Part 1: Theory and tests against field data," Boundary-Layer Meteorology,  56, 275-294.

   Oke, T. R., G. T. Johnson, D. G. Steyn and I. D. Watson, 1991: "Simulation of nocturnal surface urban heat islands under `ideal' conditions: Part 2. Diagnosis of causation," Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 56, 339-358.

   Oke, T. R., 1989: "The micrometeorology of the urban forest," Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B,  324, 335-351.

   Nakamura, Y. and T. R. Oke, 1988: "Wind, temperature and stability conditions in an E-W oriented urban canyon," Atmospheric Environment, 22, 2691-2700.

     Validation

   Masson, V., C.S.B. Grimmond and T.R. Oke, 2002: “Evaluation of the Town Energy Balance (TEB) scheme with direct measurements from dry districts in two cities”, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 41, 1011-1026.  Abstract

   Chen, J.M. and T.R. Oke, 1994: "Mixed-layer heat advection and entrainment during the sea breeze", Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 68, 139-158.

   Voogt, J. A. and T. R. Oke, 1990: "Validation of an urban canyon model for nocturnal long-wave radiative fluxes," Boundary-Layer Meteorology,  54, 347-361.

   Ross, S. L. and T. R. Oke, 1988: "Tests of three urban energy balance models," Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 44, 73-96.

    Other
  

          Oke, T.R., 2007: “Siting and exposure of meteorological instruments at urban sites”. In Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XVII, Borrego, C. and A.-L. Norman, (eds.), Springer, 615-632.

          Runnalls, K.E. and T.R. Oke, 2006: “A technique to detect microclimatic inhomogeneities in historical records of screen-level air temperature”, Journal of Climate, 19, 959-978. Abstract 

           Oke, T.R., 2006: “Towards better communication in urban climate”. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 84, 179-189. Abstract


        Rotach, M.W., R. Vogt, C. Bernhofer, E. Batchvarova, A. Christen, A. Clappier, B. Feddersen, S.-E. Gryning, G. Martucci, H. Mayer, V. Mitev, T.R. Oke, E. Parlow, H. Richner, M. Roth, Y.-A. Roulet, D. Ruffieux, J.A. Salmond, M. Schatzmann and J.A. Voogt: 2005: “BUBBLE – an urban boundary layer meteorology project, Theoretical & Applied Climatology, 81, 231-261.
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        Mestayer, P., P. Durand, P. Augustin, S. Bastin, J.-M. Bonnefond, B. Bénech, B. Campistron, A. Coppalle, H. Delbarre, B. Dousset, P. Drobinski, A. Druilhet, E. Fréjafon, C.S.B. Grimmond, D. Groleau, M. Irvine, C. Kergomard, S. Kermadi, J.-P. Lagouarde, A. Lemonsu, F. Lohou, N. Long, V. Masson, C. Moppert, J. Noilhan, B. Offerle, T.R. Oke, G. Pigeon, V. Puygrenier, J.-M. Rosant, F. Saïd, J. Salmond, M. Talbaut, J.A. Voogt, 2005: “The Urban Boundary Layer Field Campaign in Marseille (UBL/CLU-ESCOMPTE) :  set-up and first results”, Boundary-Layer Meteorology114,  315-365. Abstract

        Oke, T.R., 2004: "Initial Guidance to Obtain Representative Meteorological Observations at Urban Sites", Instruments and Methods of Observation Program, IOM Report No. 81, WMO/TD 1250, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva   PDF document

         Fischer, K.W., Witiw, M.R., J.A. Baars, and T.R. Oke, 2004: “Atmospheric Laser Communication: New Challenges for Applied Meteorology”, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 85, 725–732.

        Oke, T.R., 1995:"Classics in physical geography - Climatological studies in Uppsala, Progress in Physical Geography, 19, 107-113.

        Oke, T. R., R. Taesler and L. Olsson, 1990: "The Tropical Urban Climate Experiment (TRUCE)," Energy and Buildings, 15, 67-73.