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Research interests
Civil Engineering - Urban hydroclimate
Civil Engineering - Green building and sustainable development
Civil Engineering - Hydraulics/fluid mechanics
Civil Engineering - Environmental Water Resources
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD in Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, PhD, Arizona State University
2016
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Urban Climate
YANG, J. (PI)
National Natural Science Foundation of China
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Interaction mechanisms between building energy consumption and urban climate
YANG, J. (PI)
National Natural Science Foundation of China
1/01/21 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Neighborhood heat island variability across Chinese cities: how to predict and measure it?
YANG, J. (PI) & REN, C. (CoI)
1/01/21 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
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Quantifying the potential benefits of the electric vehicles for urban thermal environment
YANG, J. (PI)
1/01/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Assessing urban microclimate modeling variability: A comparative analysis of ENVI-met and single-layer urban canopy model across multiple local climate zones in Hong Kong
Lieber, J. & Yang, J., Jun 2026, In: Urban Climate. 67, 21 p., 102885.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Evolution of Outdoor Thermal Stress Under Heatwaves: Comparative Analysis Based on Multiple Indices Over Mainland China
Zhang, L. & Yang, J., 28 Mar 2026, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 131, 6, 17 p., e2025JD045534.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Intra-city scale graph neural networks enhance short-term air temperature forecasting
Wang, H., Tang, J., Zhang, J. & Yang, J., 21 Jan 2026, In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 26, 2, p. 947-961 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Leveraging Atmospheric Information Across Scales for Local Temperature Forecasting Using a Novel Multi-Scale Perception Network
Wang, H., Chen, Y. & Yang, J., Apr 2026, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Machine Learning and Computation. 3, 2, 15 p., e2025JH001083.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Mitigating urban climate-energy feedback with citywide building-integrated photovoltaics implementation
Chen, L., Zhang, S., Li, X. “., Chui, T. F. M., Yang, J., Wang, W., Hong, T. & Wang, Z., 17 Mar 2026, In: Nexus. 3, 1, 100114.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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