Leiqiu Hu

Dr. Leiqiu Hu

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Academic Career Length

17Years (2010-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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27 September 2013 in Climatic Change
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KOK. W. Oleson
K. W. Oleson
AMA. Monaghan
A. Monaghan
OWO. Wilhelmi
O. Wilhelmi
MBM. Barlage
M. Barlage
NBNathaniel Brunsell
Nathaniel Brunsell
DSDaniel Steinhoff
Daniel Steinhoff

1 December 2019 in Remote Sensing of Environment
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ZSZhenfeng Shao
Zhenfeng Shao
JCJiajun Cai
Jiajun Cai
Peng FuPeng Fu
Peng Fu
LHLeiqiu Hu
Leiqiu Hu
TLTao Liu
Tao Liu


1 March 2015 in Remote Sensing of Environment
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LHLeiqiu Hu
Leiqiu Hu
NBNathaniel Brunsell
Nathaniel Brunsell

1 August 2016 in Remote Sensing of Environment
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LHLeiqiu Hu
Leiqiu Hu
AMAndrew Monaghan
Andrew Monaghan
JVJames Voogt
James Voogt
MBMichael Barlage
Michael Barlage

1 March 2020 in Environmental Research Letters
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LHLeiqiu Hu
Leiqiu Hu
QLQi Li
Qi Li
Urban land use land cover (LULC) change raises ambient temperature and modifies atmospheric moisture, which increases heat-related health risks in cities. Greenspace and bluespace commonly coexist in urban landscapes and are nature-based heat mitigation strategies. Yet, their interactive effects on urban thermal environments are rarely assessed and it remains unclear how extreme heat events (EHEs) affect their ability to regulate human thermal comfort. Using multi-year observations from a dense urban observational network in Madison, WI, we found that green and blue spaces jointly modify the intraurban spatiotemporal variability of temperature and humidity, and the resultant effects on thermal comfort show diurnal and seasonal asymmetry. Greenspace is more effective at cooling throughout the year, particularly at night. Accelerated cooling efficiency is found in areas with dominant greenspace coverage and little co-influence from bluespace. The thermal comfort benefit due to greenspaces can be offset by bluespaces because of intensified nighttime warming and humidifying effects during the warm months, although a weak daytime cooling of bluespace is observed. EHEs enhance bluespace cooling, but the overall joint thermal regulation remains the same due to the enhanced moisture effect. Our findings suggest that diverse outcomes of green and blue spaces cross multiple temporal scales should be holistically assessed in urban planning. The analysis framework based on generalized additive models is robust and transferable to other cities and applications to disentangle the nonlinear co-influences of different drivers of urban environmental phenomena.