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  1. Surface urban heat island (SUHI) dynamics in the major Apulian cities using remote sensing approaches

    Article • Bulletin of Atmospheric Science and Technology, August 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  2. Neighbourhood-scale wind characteristics in a Nanjing heterogeneous residential area: An aerodynamic drag perspective

    Article • Building and Environment, March 2026, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  3. Influence of Urban Morphology on Traffic-Related Air Pollution Dispersion in Urban Environments

    Article • Atmosphere, February 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri, Dr Prashant Kumar

  4. Intensification of SUHI During Extreme Heat Events: An Eight-Year Summer Analysis for Lecce (2018–2025)

    Article • Climate, December 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  5. Blended inflow boundary conditions: Addressing the displacement height in differing inertial and roughness sub-layer flows for urban areas

    Article • Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, October 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  6. Modelling the Outdoor Thermal Benefit of Urban Trees: A Case Study in Lecce, Italy

    Article • September 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri, Rohinton Emmanuel

  7. Estimating averaged wind characteristics for generic urban neighbourhoods using drag-based approaches

    Article • Building and Environment, July 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  8. Summer Diurnal LST Variability Across Local Climate Zones Using ECOSTRESS Data in Lecce and Milan

    Article • Atmosphere, March 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  9. Volumetric drag coefficients for generic urban configurations: Insights from canopy flow analysis

    Article • Building and Environment, January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  10. Nature-Based Solutions Planning for Urban Microclimate Improvement and Health: An Integrated Ecological and Economic Approach

    Article • Land, December 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri, Rohinton Emmanuel

  11. Urban Morphology and Surface Urban Heat Island Relationship During Heat Waves: A Study of Milan and Lecce (Italy)

    Article • Remote Sensing, November 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  12. Anti-Hail Nets in Viticulture: Do They Affect White Grape Quality in the Mediterranean Region?

    Article • Agriculture, August 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  13. Influence of obstacles on urban canyon ventilation and air pollutant concentration: An experimental assessment

    Article • Building and Environment, February 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  14. Potential Impacts of Green Infrastructure on NOx and PM10 in Different Local Climate Zones of Brindisi, Italy

    Article • Sustainability, December 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri, Rohinton Emmanuel

  15. How do emission reductions of individual national and local measures impact street-level air quality in a neighbourhood of Madrid, Spain?

    Article • Air Quality Atmosphere & Health, December 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  16. Analysis of urban heat island and human thermal comfort in a Mediterranean city: A case study of Lecce (Italy)

    Article • Sustainable Cities and Society, November 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  17. Numerical investigation of the impact of urban trees on O3–NOx–VOCs chemistry and pollutant dispersion in a typical street canyon

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, October 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  18. Outdoor Thermal Environment Regulation of Urban Green and Blue Infrastructure on Various Types of Pedestrian Walkways

    Article • Atmosphere, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  19. Neighborhood-scale dispersion of traffic-related PM2.5: Simulations of nine typical residential cases from Nanjing

    Article • Sustainable Cities and Society, March 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  20. On the Calculation of Urban Morphological Parameters Using GIS: An Application to Italian Cities

    Article • Atmosphere, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  21. Microclimate of Grape Bunch and Sunburn of White Grape Berries: Effect on Wine Quality

    Article • Foods, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  22. Impact of Different Combinations of Green Infrastructure Elements on Traffic-Related Pollutant Concentrations in Urban Areas

    Article • Forests, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  23. Local Climate Zones (LCZs) and Urban Morphological Parameters Using GIS: An Application to Italian Cities

    Article • July 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  24. Investigation of typical residential block typologies and their impact on pedestrian-level microclimate in summers in Nanjing, China

    Article • Frontiers of Architectural Research, April 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  25. Obstacles influence on existing urban canyon ventilation and air pollutant concentration: A review of potential measures

    Article • Building and Environment, April 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  26. High Spatial Resolution Assessment of the Effect of the Spanish National Air Pollution Control Programme on Street-Level NO2 Concentrations in Three Neighborhoods of Madrid (Spain) Using Mesoscale and CFD Modelling

    Article • Atmosphere, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  27. Climate Change Impacts on Plant Phenology: Grapevine (Vitis vinifera) Bud Break in Wintertime in Southern Italy

    Article • Foods, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  28. Effect of greening on pollutant dispersion and ventilation at urban street intersections

    Article • Building and Environment, October 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  29. Analysis of Olive Grove Destruction by Xylella fastidiosa Bacterium on the Land Surface Temperature in Salento Detected Using Satellite Images

    Article • Forests, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Norbert Marwan, Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri, Rohinton Emmanuel

  30. How Ecosystem Services Can Strengthen the Regeneration Policies for Monumental Olive Groves Destroyed by Xylella fastidiosa Bacterium in a Peri-Urban Area

    Article • Sustainability, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  31. Analysis of Urban Greening Scenarios for Improving Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Neighbourhoods of Lecce (Southern Italy)

    Article • Climate, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri, Rohinton Emmanuel

  32. Urban Obstacles Influence on Street Canyon Ventilation: A Brief Review

    Article • June 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  33. The Challenge in the Management of Historic Trees in Urban Environments during Climate Change: The Case of Corso Trieste (Rome, Italy)

    Article • Atmosphere, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  34. Urban ventilation of typical residential streets and impact of building form variation

    Article • Sustainable Cities and Society, April 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  35. Combining Chemical Composition Data and Numerical Modelling for the Assessment of Air Quality in a Mediterranean Port City

    Article • Applied Sciences, March 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  36. Planning of Urban Green Spaces: An Ecological Perspective on Human Benefits

    Article • Land, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  37. Characterization of Urban Greening in a District of Lecce (Southern Italy) for the Analysis of CO2 Storage and Air Pollutant Dispersion

    Article • Atmosphere, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  38. CFD modelling: The most useful tool for developing mesoscale urban canopy parameterizations

    Article • Building Simulation, August 2020, Tsinghua University Press

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  39. A Conceptual Framework to Design Green Infrastructure: Ecosystem Services as an Opportunity for Creating Shared Value in Ground Photovoltaic Systems

    Article • Land, July 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri, Rohinton Emmanuel

  40. Recurrence Analysis of Vegetation Indices for Highlighting the Ecosystem Response to Drought Events: An Application to the Amazon Forest

    Article • Remote Sensing, March 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  41. Impact of Urban Vegetation on Outdoor Thermal Comfort: Comparison between a Mediterranean City (Lecce, Italy) and a Northern European City (Lahti, Finland)

    Article • Forests, February 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri, Rohinton Emmanuel

  42. Indices employed for the assessment of “urban outdoor ventilation” - A review

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, December 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  43. On the Impact of Trees on Ventilation in a Real Street in Pamplona, Spain

    Article • Atmosphere, November 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  44. A Numerical Study on the Correlation between Sky View Factor and Summer Microclimate of Local Climate Zones

    Article • Atmosphere, July 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  45. Changes in Olive Urban Forests Infected by Xylella fastidiosa: Impact on Microclimate and Social Health

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, July 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  46. The “plant evaluation model” for the assessment of the impact of vegetation on outdoor microclimate in the urban environment

    Article • Building and Environment, May 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  47. Recent Advances in Urban Ventilation Assessment and Flow Modelling

    Article • Atmosphere, March 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  48. An Investigation of the Quantitative Correlation between Urban Morphology Parameters and Outdoor Ventilation Efficiency Indices

    Article • Atmosphere, January 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  49. Impact of indoor-outdoor temperature differences on dispersion of gaseous pollutant and particles in idealized street canyons with and without viaduct settings

    Article • Building Simulation, October 2018, Tsinghua University Press

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  50. Scale-adaptive morphometric analysis for urban air quality and ventilation applications

    Article • Building Research & Information, August 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  51. The Impact of Green Space Layouts on Microclimate and Air Quality in Residential Districts of Nanjing, China

    Article • Forests, April 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  52. Assessment of Indoor-Outdoor Particulate Matter Air Pollution: A Review

    Article • Atmosphere, July 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  53. The Impact of Planting Trees on NOx Concentrations: The Case of the Plaza de la Cruz Neighborhood in Pamplona (Spain)

    Article • Atmosphere, July 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  54. Air quality affected by trees in real street canyons: The case of Marylebone neighbourhood in central London

    Article • Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, March 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  55. Direct measurements of the drag force over aligned arrays of cubes exposed to boundary-layer flows

    Article • Environmental Fluid Mechanics, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  56. On the influence of viaduct and ground heating on pollutant dispersion in 2D street canyons and toward single-sided ventilated buildings

    Article • Atmospheric Pollution Research, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  57. Impact of ship emissions on local air quality in a Mediterranean city's harbour after the European sulphur directive

    Article • International Journal of Environment and Pollution, January 2016, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  58. City breathability in medium density urban-like geometries evaluated through the pollutant transport rate and the net escape velocity

    Article • Building and Environment, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  59. The breathability of compact cities

    Article • Urban Climate, September 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  60. The effects of trees on micrometeorology in a real street canyon: consequences for local air quality

    Article • International Journal of Environment and Pollution, January 2015, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  61. Validation of temperature-perturbation and CFD-based modelling for the prediction of the thermal urban environment: the Lecce (IT) case study

    Article • Environmental Modelling & Software, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  62. The Effects of Trees on Micrometeorology in a Medium-Size Mediterranean City: In Situ Experiments and Numerical Simulations

    Article • August 2014, ASME International

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  63. Study of the urban heat island in Lecce (Italy) by means of ADMS and ENVI-MET

    Article • International Journal of Environment and Pollution, January 2014, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  64. Recent advancements in numerical modelling of flow and dispersion in urban areas: a short review

    Article • International Journal of Environment and Pollution, January 2013, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  65. The influence of building height variability on pollutant dispersion and pedestrian ventilation in idealized high-rise urban areas

    Article • Building and Environment, October 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  66. On the contribution of mean flow and turbulence to city breathability: The case of long streets with tall buildings

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, February 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  67. Analysis of local scale tree–atmosphere interaction on pollutant concentration in idealized street canyons and application to a real urban junction

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, March 2011, Elsevier

    Dr gianluigi de gennaro, Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  68. Numerical simulation of atmospheric pollutant dispersion in an urban street canyon: Comparison between RANS and LES

    Article • Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, February 2011, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  69. MUST experiment simulations using CFD and integral models

    Article • International Journal of Environment and Pollution, January 2011, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  70. COST 732 in practice: the MUST model evaluation exercise

    Article • International Journal of Environment and Pollution, January 2011, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr Efthimiou George, Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri, Krzysztof Brzozowski

  71. A fast model for pollutant dispersion at the neighbourhood scale

    Article • International Journal of Environment and Pollution, January 2011, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  72. An application of ventilation efficiency concepts to the analysis of building density effects on urban flow and pollutant concentration

    Article • International Journal of Environment and Pollution, January 2011, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  73. Large eddy simulation of the aerodynamic effects of trees on pollutant concentrations in street canyons

    Article • Procedia Environmental Sciences, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  74. City breathability and its link to pollutant concentration distribution within urban-like geometries

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, May 2010, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  75. Aerodynamic effects of trees on pollutant concentration in street canyons

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, September 2009, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  76. Dispersion study in a street canyon with tree planting by means of wind tunnel and numerical investigations – Evaluation of CFD data with experimental data

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, December 2008, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  77. Simulations of pollutant dispersion within idealised urban-type geometries with CFD and integral models

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, December 2007, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  78. Flow and Pollutant Dispersion in Street Canyons using FLUENT and ADMS-Urban

    Article • Environmental Modeling & Assessment, July 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri

  79. Chapter 1.1 Application and validation of FLUENT flow and dispersion modelling within complex geometries

    Article • January 2007, Elsevier

    Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri