Books, Reports, & Chapters

2025

• J. Li, T. Chakraborty, L.R. Leung, "Demonstrating Integrated Modeling of Irrigation and Urbanization in E3SM and Weather Research & Forecasting Model (WRF) to Evaluate Their Impact on Regional Precipitation and Temperature Extremes", Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling Program, U.S. Department of Energy | Report link |

• T. Chakraborty, J. Li, L. Li, G. Bisht, L.R. Leung, I. Kraucunas, "Demonstrating Use of E3SM with an Urban Canopy Parameterization for Modeling Urban Impact on Local-to-Regional Heat Extremes", Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling Program, U.S. Department of Energy | Report link |

2023

• T. Chakraborty, "Heat Islands" Chapter of "Cloud-Based Remote Sensing with Google Earth Engine", SpringerOpen Online | Chapter link |

2018

• A. Hsu*, N. Alexandre, J. Brandt, T. Chakraborty, S. Comess, A. Feierman, T. Huang, S. Janaskie, D. Manya, M. Moroney, N. Moyo, R. Rauber, G. Sherriff, R. Thomas, J. Tong, Y. Xie, A. Weinfurter, Z. Yeo, "Urban Environment & Social Inclusion Index", Yale University | UESI |

2017

• K. Aho, T. Chakraborty, B. Fang, K. Huang, A. Liang, N. Schultz, C. Stanley, A. Walsh, Z. Wei, Y. Yang, B. Zhao, X. Lee*, "Fundamentals of Boundary-Layer Meteorology: Solution Manual", Springer | Instructor Solution Manual |

Under Review

• G. Sheriff*, D. Hernandez-Cortes, T. Chakraborty, T. DeConcini, "Is the Environmental Exposure Gap Shrinking? Evidence from an Extreme Multi-exposure Index", Available at NBER (Working Paper), doi:doi.org/10.3386/w34739

• T. Jiang, T. Chakraborty*, Y. Cheng, R. Mukherjee, L. Zhao, A. Martilli, "Impact of Spatially Continuous Urban Surface Properties on Heatwave Simulations: A Multi-City Analysis", Available at EarthArXiv, doi:doi.org/10.31223/X57T7H

• R. McDonald*, T. Chakraborty*, T. Endreny, L. Parsons, M. Marsagishvili, M. Esperon-Rodriguez, "Tree canopy halves urban heat island effect globally but disproportionately benefits higher incomes and suburbs", Available at Research Square, doi:doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6982703/v1

• Y. Zhang, L. Zhao*, T. Chakraborty, P. Mazumdar, K. Zhang, P. Gentine, "Transfer learning reveals large discrepancies between air and land surface temperatures in cities", Available at Research Square, doi:doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6665951/v1

• T. Chakraborty*, "Higher urban heat hazard in wealthier neighborhoods in the Global South", Available at Research Square, doi:doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4461139/v1

• T. Chakraborty*, J. Wang, Z. Yang, Y. Qian, W.J. Pringle, P. Xue, "Future population-adjusted heat stress extremes over the Great Lakes Region", Available at Earth and Space Science Open Archive, doi:doi.org/10.22541/essoar.167839993.34040630/v1

Refereed Journal Articles

2026

• W. Hao, M. Mehra, G. Budhwani, T. Chakraborty, F. Mei*, Y. Wang*, "Employing Machine Learning for New Particle Formation Identification and Mechanistic Analysis: Insights From a Six-Year Observational Study in the Southern Great Plains", Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2026, doi:doi.org/10.1029/2024JD043116 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

2025

• Q. Yang, R. Ye, T. Chakraborty, T. Hu*, Y. Liu*, "Estimation of intensity, footprint, and capacity of surface urban heat islands using a direction-enhanced adaptive synchronous extraction (DEASE) method", Remote Sensing of Environment, 2025, doi:doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2025.115118 | PDF (main text) |

• K. Song*, A. Hsu*, T. Chakraborty, W. Peng, Y. Yu, N. Kittner, "Projected widening of sociodemographic heat disparities in the United States by end of century", One Earth, 2025, doi:doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101528 | PDF (main text + supplementary file) |

• W. Zhan, L. Li*, T. Chakraborty, L. Hu, D. Wang, W. Liao, S. Wang, H. Du, F. Huang, C. Wang, Z. Liu, M. Li, "Recent Widespread Deceleration of Global Surface Urban Heat Islands Unveiled by Satellites", Geophysical Research Letters, 2025, doi:doi.org/10.1029/2024GL112711 | PDF (main text) |

• H. Li*, M. Wu, T. Chakraborty, A. Rutgersson, T. Tagesson, B. Xue, Z. Zheng, "Human–Earth system interactions under climate change", Environmental Research Letters, 2025, doi:doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adda65 | PDF (main text) |

• F. Montana, N. Mueller, E.P. Barboza, S. Khomenko, T. Iungman, M. Cirach, C. Daher, T. Chakraborty, K.d. Hoogh, A. Battiston, R. Schifanella, M. Nieuwenhuijsen*, "Building a Healthy Urban Design Index (HUDI): how to promote health and sustainability in European cities", The Lancet Planetary Health, 2025, doi:doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00109-3 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• A. Shreevastava*, G. Hulley, S. Prasanth, T. Chakraborty, D.R. Aguilera, K.T. Sanders, Y. Yin, "Contemporary income inequality outweighs historic redlining in shaping intra-urban heat disparities in Los Angeles", Nature Communications, 2025, doi:doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59912-x | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• Y. Cheng, L. Zhao*, T. Chakraborty*, K. Oleson, M. Demuzere, X. Liu, Y. Che, W. Liao*, Y. Zhou, X. Li, "U-Surf: A Global 1 km spatially continuous urban surface property dataset for kilometer-scale urban-resolving Earth system modeling", Earth System Science Data, 2025, doi:doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2147-2025 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• W. Zhan, H. Du*, Z. Liu, J. Li, T. Chakraborty, F. Huang, "Harnessing Satellite Data Alone for Mapping Global Thermal Anisotropy", Geophysical Research Letters, 2025, doi:doi.org/10.1029/2024GL113479 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• L. Goldberger, P. Jiang, T. Chakraborty, A. Geiss, X. Chen*, "A Two-Step Approach to Training Earth Scientists in AI", AGU EOS, 2025, doi:doi.org/10.1029/2025EO250160 | PDF (main text) |

• S. Wang, W. Zhan*, B. Zhou, S. Tong, T. Chakraborty, Z. Wang, K. Huang, H. Du, A. Middel, J. Li, Z. Liu, L. Li, F. Huang, M. Li, "Dual Impact of Global Urban Overheating on Mortality", Nature Climate Change, 2025, doi:doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02303-3 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• J. Chen, B. Qiu*, T. Chakraborty, X. Miao, Y. Cao, L. Li, S. Zhao, Y. Ni, X. Tian, Y. Qian, W. Guo*, "Contrasting effects of urbanization on vegetation between Global South and Global North", Nature Sustainability, 2025, doi:doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01520-0 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• H. Huang, Y. Qian*, G. Bisht, J. Wang, T. Chakraborty, D. Hao, J. Li, T. Thurber, B. Singh, Z. Yang, Y. Liu, P. Xue, W. Sacks, E. Coon, R. Hetland, "WRF-ELM v1.0: a regional climate model to study land–atmosphere interactions over heterogeneous land use regions", Geoscientific Model Development, 2025, doi:doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-1427-2025 | PDF (main text) |

• W.J. Pringle*, C. Huang, P. Xue, J. Wang, K. Sargsyan, M.B. Kayastha, T. Chakraborty, Z. Yang, Y. Qian, R.D. Hetland, "Coupled Lake-Atmosphere-Land Physics Uncertainties in a Great Lakes Regional Climate Model", Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2025, doi:doi.org/10.1029/2024MS004337 | PDF (main text) |

• T. Chakraborty*, Y. Qian*, J. Li, L.R. Leung, C. Sarangi, "Daytime urban heat stress in North America reduced by irrigation", Nature Geoscience, 2025, doi:doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01613-z | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) | Research Briefing |

• H. Du, W. Zhan*, B. Zhou, Y. Ju, Z. Liu, A. Middel, K. Huang, L. Zhao, T. Chakraborty, Z. Wang, S. Wang, J. Li, L. Li, F. Huang, Y. Ji, X. Li, M. Li, "Exacerbated Heat Stress Induced by Urban Browning in the Global South", Nature Cities, 2025, doi:doi.org/10.1038/s44284-024-00184-9 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

2024

• A. Newman*, C. Kalb, T. Chakraborty, A. Fitch, L. Darrow, J. Warren, M. Strickland, H. Holmes, A. Monaghan, H. Chang, "The High-resolution Urban Meteorology for Impacts Dataset (HUMID) daily for the Conterminous United States", Scientific Data, 2024, doi:doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04086-2 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• X. Li*, H. Wang*, T. Chakraborty, A. Sorooshian, L.D. Ziemba, C. Voigt, K.L. Thornhill, "On the Prediction of Aerosol-Cloud Interactions Within a Data-Driven Framework", Geophysical Research Letters, 2024, doi:doi.org/10.1029/2024GL110757 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• P. Namdeo, T. Chakraborty*, A. Chakraborty*, "Two decades of aerosol trends over India: Seasonal characteristics and urban-rural dynamics", Environmental Research Letters, 2024, doi:doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad929 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• T. Chakraborty*, Z.S. Venter, M. Demuzere, W. Zhan, J. Gao, L. Zhao, Y. Qian, "Large disagreements in estimates of urban land across scales and their implications", Nature Communications, 2024, doi:doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52241-5 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) | Urban land visualizer |

• Z. Liu, R. Ye, Q. Yiang*, T. Hu, Y. Liu, T. Chakraborty, Z. Liao, "Identification of surface urban heat versus cool islands for arid cities depends on the choice of urban and rural definitions", Science of The Total Environment, 2024, doi:doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175631 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• X. Li*, G. Wang, B. Zaitchik, A. Hsu, T. Chakraborty, "Sensitivity and vulnerability to summer heat extremes in major cities of the United States", Environmental Research Letters, 2024, doi:doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad6c64 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• Z. Yang*, J. Wang, Y. Qian*, T. Chakraborty, P. Xue, W.J. Pringle, C. Huang, M.B. Kayastha, H. Huang, J. Li, R. Hetland, "Summer Convective Precipitation Changes Over the Great Lakes Region Under a Warming Scenario", Journal of Geophysical Researh: Atmosphere, 2024, doi:doi.org/10.1029/2024JD041011 | PDF |

• Q. Yang, Y. Xu*, T. Chakraborty, M. Du, T. Hu, L. Zhang, Y. Liu, R. Yao, J. Yang, S. Chen, C. Xiao, R. Liu, M. Zhang, R. Chen, "A global urban heat island intensity dataset: Generation, comparison, and analysis", Remote Sensing of Environment, 2024, doi:doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2024.114343 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• T. Iungman, S. Khomenko, E.P. Barboza, M. Cirach, K. Gonçalves, P. Petrone, T. Erbertseder, H. Taubenböck, T. Chakraborty, M. Nieuwenhuijsen*, "The impact of urban configuration types on urban heat islands, air pollution, CO₂ emissions, and mortality in Europe: a data science approach", Lancet Planetary Health, 2024, doi:doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00120-7 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• M. Kayastha, C. Huang, J. Wang, Y. Qian, Z. Yang, T. Chakraborty, W.J. Pringle, R.D. Hetland, P. Xue*, "How Could Future Climate Conditions Reshape a Devastating Lake‐Effect Snow Storm?", Earth's Future, 2024, doi:doi.org/10.1029/2024EF004622 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• T. Chakraborty*, Y. Qian, "Urbanization exacerbates continental- to regional-scale warming", One Earth, 2024, doi:doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.05.005 | PDF (main text + supplementary file) |

• R. McDonald*, T. Biswas, T. Chakraborty, T. Kroeger, S. Cook-Patton, J. Fargione, "Current inequality and future potential of US urban tree canopy cover for reducing heat-related mortality, morbidity and electricity consumption", npj Urban Sustainability, 2024, doi:doi.org/10.1038/s42949-024-00150-3 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• M. Du, N. Li, T. Hu, Q. Yang*, T. Chakraborty, Z. Venter, R. Yao, "Daytime cooling efficiencies of urban trees derived from land surface temperature are much higher than those for air temperature", Environmental Research Letters, 2024, doi:doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad30a3 | PDF |

• J. Chen*, Y. Qian*, T. Chakraborty, Z. Yang, "Complexities of urban impacts on long-term seasonal trends in a mid-sized arid city", Environmental Research Communications, 2024, doi:doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ad2b18 | PDF |

• Q. Yang, Y. Xu*, D. Wen, T. Hu, T. Chakraborty, Y. Liu, R. Yao, S. Chen, C. Xiao, J. Yang, "Satellite Clear-Sky Observations Overestimate Surface Urban Heat Islands in Humid Cities", Geophysical Research Letters, 2024, doi:doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106995 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

2023

• T. Chakraborty*, J. Wang, Y. Qian, W. Pringle, Z. Yang, P. Xue, "Urban versus lake impacts on heat stress and its disparities in a shoreline city", Geohealth, 2023, doi:doi.org/10.1029/2023GH000869 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• Q. Yang, Y. Xu*, X. Tong*, T. Hu*, Y. Liu, T. Chakraborty, R. Yao, C. Xiao, S. Chen, Z. Ma, "Influence of urban extent discrepancy on the estimation of surface urban heat island intensity: A global-scale assessment in 892 cities", Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023, doi:doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139032 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• Q. Yang, Y. Xu*, X. Tong*, X. Huang*, Y. Liu, T. Chakraborty, C. Xiao, T. Hu, "An adaptive synchronous extraction (ASE) method for estimating intensity and footprint of surface urban heat islands: A case study of 254 North American cities", Remote Sensing of Environment, 2023, doi:doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113777 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• X. Wang, A. Hsu*, T. Chakraborty, "Citizen and Machine Learning-aided high-resolution mapping of urban heat exposure and stress", Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, 2023, doi:doi.org/10.1088/2634-4505/acef57 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• H. Du, W. Zhan*, J. Voogt, B. Bechtel, T. Chakraborty, Z. Liu, L. Hu, Z. Wang, J. Li, P. Fu, W. Liao, M. Luo, L. Li, S. Wang, F. Huang, S. Miao, "Contrasting Trends and Drivers of Global Surface and Canopy Urban Heat Islands", Geophysical Research Letters, 2023, doi:doi.org/10.1029/2023GL104661 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• X. Li*, T. Chakraborty, G. Wang, "Comparing land surface temperature and mean radiant temperature for urban heat mapping in Philadelphia", Urban Climate, 2023, doi:doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2023.101615 | PDF (main text) |

• M. Crowley*, M. Stuhlmacher, E.D. Trochim, J.V.D. Hoek, V.J. Pasquarella, S.H. Szeto, J.T. Howarth, R. Platt, S. Roy, B. Tellman, T. Chakraborty, A. Ignatius, E. Cherrington, K. Markert, Q. Wu, M.D. Madhusudan, T. Mayer, J.A. Cardille, T. Erickson, R. Moore, N.E. Clinton, D. Saah, "Pillars of Cloud-Based Earth Observation Science Education", AGU Advances, 2023, doi:doi.org/10.1029/2023AV000894 | PDF (main text) |

• P. Jiang*, Z. Yang, J. Wang, C. Huang, P. Xue, T. Chakraborty, X. Chen, Y. Qian, "Efficient Super-Resolution of Near-Surface Climate Modeling Using the Fourier Neural Operator", Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2023, doi:doi.org/10.1029/2023MS003800 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• M. Kayastha, C. Huang, J. Wang, W.J. Pringle, T. Chakraborty, Z. Yang, R.D. Hetland, Y. Qian, P. Xue*, "Insights on Simulating Summer Warming of the Great Lakes: Understanding the Behavior of a Newly Developed Coupled Lake-Atmosphere Modeling System", Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2023, doi:doi.org/10.1029/2023MS003620 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• H. Du, W. Zhan*, Z. Liu*, E.S. Krayenhoff, T. Chakraborty, L. Zhao, L. Jiang, P. Dong, L. Li, F. Huang, S. Wang, Y. Xu, "Global mapping of urban thermal anisotropy reveals substantial potential biases for remotely sensed urban climates", Science Bulletin, 2023, doi:doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2023.06.032 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• T. Chakraborty*, A. Newman, Y. Qian, A. Hsu, G. Sheriff, "Residential segregation and outdoor urban moist heat stress disparities in the United States", One Earth, 2023, doi:doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.05.016 | PDF (main text + supplementary file) |

• J. Li, W. Zhan*, T. Chakraborty, Z. Liu, H. Du, W. Liao, M. Luo, L. Li, S. Miao, H. Fu, S. Wang, F. Huang, M. Li, "Satellite-based Ranking of the World’s Hottest and Coldest Cities Reveals Inequitable Distribution of Temperature Extremes", Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2023, doi:doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0233.1 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• L. Li, W. Zhan*, L. Hu, T. Chakraborty, Z. Wang, P. Fu, D. Wang, W. Liao, F. Huang, H. Fu, J. Li, Z. Liu, H. Du, S. Wang, "Divergent urbanization-induced impacts on global surface urban heat island trends since 1980s", Remote Sensing of Environment, 2023, doi:doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113650 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• Z. Yang*, Y. Qian*, P. Xue, J. Wang, T. Chakraborty, W. Pringle, J. Li, "Moisture Sources of Precipitation in the Great Lakes Region: Climatology and Recent Changes", Geophysical Research Letters, 2023, doi:doi.org/10.1029/2022GL100682 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• J. Wang*, Y. Qian, W. Pringle, T. Chakraborty, R. Hetland, Z. Yang, P. Xue, "Contrasting effects of lake breeze and urbanization on heat stress in Chicago metropolitan area", Urban Climate, 2023, doi:doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2023.101429 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

2022

• H. Tan*, R. Kotamarthi, J. Wang, Y. Qian, T. Chakraborty, "Impact of different roofing mitigation strategies on near-surface temperature and energy consumption over the Chicago metropolitan area during a heatwave event", Science of The Total Environment, 2022, doi:doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160508 | PDF |

• Z. Liu, W. Zhan*, B. Bechtel, J. Voogt, J. Lai, T. Chakraborty, Z. Wang, M. Li*, F. Huang, X. Lee*, "Surface warming in global cities is substantially more rapid than in rural background areas", Communications Earth & Environment, 2022, doi:doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00539-x | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• T. Chakraborty*, Z. Venter, Y. Qian, X. Lee*, "Lower urban humidity moderates outdoor heat stress", AGU Advances, 2022, doi:doi.org/10.1029/2022AV00072 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• Z. Venter*, D. Barton, T. Chakraborty, T. Simensen, G. Singh, "Global 10 m Land Use Land Cover Datasets: A Comparison of Dynamic World, World Cover and Esri Land Cover", Remote Sensing, 2022, doi:doi.org/10.3390/rs14164101 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• T. Chakraborty*, X. Lee, D.M. Lawrence, "Diffuse radiation forcing constraints on gross primary productivity and global terrestrial evapotranspiration", Earth's Future, 2022, doi:doi.org/10.1029/2022EF002805 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• D. Botje*, A. Dewan, T. Chakraborty, "Comparing Coarse-Resolution Land Surface Temperature Products over Western Australia", Remote Sensing, 2022, doi:doi.org/10.3390/rs14102296 | PDF (main text) | Table (supplementary file) |

• T. Chakraborty*, T. Biswas*, L.S. Campbell, B. Franklin, S.S. Parker, M. Tukman, "Feasibility of Afforestation as an Equitable Nature-Based Solution in Urban Areas", Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022, doi:doi.org/0.1016/j.scs.2022.103826 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) | Closing Urban Tree cover Inequity (CUTI) Web App |

• C. Sarangi*, T. Chakraborty, S.N. Tripathi*, M. Krishnan, R. Morrison, J. Evans, L.M. Mercado, "Observations of aerosol–vapor pressure deficit–evaporative fraction coupling over India", Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2022, doi:doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-3615-2022 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• Y. Qian*, T. Chakraborty*, J. Li, D. Li, C. He, C. Sarangi, F. Chen, X. Yang, L.R. Leung, "Urbanization Impact on Regional Climate and Extreme Weather: Current Understanding, Uncertainties, and Future Research Directions", Advances In Atmospheric Sciences, 2022, doi:doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-1371-9 | PDF |

2021

• C. Sarangi*, Y. Qian*, J. Li, L.R. Leung, T. Chakraborty, Y. Liu, "Urbanization Amplifies Nighttime Heat Stress on Warmer Days Over the US", Geophysical Research Letters, 2021, doi:doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095678 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• T. Chakraborty*, X. Lee, "Using supervised learning to develop BaRAD, a 40-year monthly bias-adjusted global gridded radiation dataset", Scientific Data, 2021, doi:doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-01016-4 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) | BaRAD Data Explorer |

• T. Chakraborty*, X. Lee, S. Ermida, W. Zhan, "On the land emissivity assumption and Landsat-derived surface urban heat islands: A global analysis", Remote Sensing of Environment, 2021, doi:doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112682 | PDF |

• T. Chakraborty*, X. Lee, "Large Differences in Diffuse Solar Radiation Among Current-Generation Reanalysis and Satellite-Derived Products", Journal of Climate, 2021, doi:doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0979.1 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• T. Chakraborty*, X. Lee, D.M. Lawrence, "Strong Local Evaporative Cooling Over Land Due to Atmospheric Aerosols", Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2021, doi:doi.org/10.1029/2021MS002491 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• J. Lai, W. Zhan*, J. Quan, B. Bechtel, K. Wang, J. Zhou, F. Huang, T. Chakraborty, Z. Liu, X. Lee, "Statistical Estimation of Next-Day Nighttime Surface Urban Heat Islands", ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2021, doi:10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2021.04.009 | PDF |

• Z. Venter*, T. Chakraborty, X. Lee, "Crowdsourced air temperatures contrast satellite measures of the urban heat island and its mechanisms", Science Advances, 2021, doi:10.1126/sciadv.abb9569 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• W. Wang^†, T. Chakraborty^†, W. Xiao, X. Lee*, "Ocean surface energy balance allows a constraint on the sensitivity of precipitation to global warming", Nature Communications, 2021, doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22406-7 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• A. Hsu^†, G. Sheriff*^†, T. Chakraborty^†, D. Manya^†, "Disproportionate Exposure to Urban Heat Island Across Major U.S. Cities", Nature Communications, 2021, doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22799-5 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) | US SUHI Disparity Explorer |

• T. Chakraborty, C. Sarangi*, X. Lee*, "Reduction in Human Activity can Enhance the Urban Heat Island: Insights from the COVID-19 Lockdown", Environmental Research Letters, 2021, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/abef8e | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• A. Paschalis*, T. Chakraborty, S. Fatichi, N. Meili, G. Manoli, "Urban forests as main regulator of the evaporative cooling effect in cities", AGU Advances, 2021, doi:10.1029/2020AV000303 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

2020

• A. Hsu*, T. Chakraborty, R. Thomas, D. Manya, A. Weinfurter, N. Chin, N. Goyal, A. Feierman, "Measuring what matters, where it matters: A spatially explicit Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index for the Sustainable Development Goals", Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2020, doi:10.3389/frsc.2020.556484 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• T. Chakraborty*, A. Hsu*, D. Manya, G. Sheriff, "A spatially explicit surface urban heat island database for the United States: Characterization, uncertainties, and possible applications", ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2020, doi:doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2020.07.021 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) | US SUHI Disparity Explorer |

2019

• T. Chakraborty*, X. Lee, "Land cover regulates the spatial variability of temperature response to the direct radiative effect of aerosols", Geophysical Research Letters, 2019, doi:doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083812 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• T. Chakraborty*, X. Lee, "A simplified urban-extent algorithm to characterize surface urban heat islands on a global scale and examine vegetation control on their spatiotemporal variability", International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2019, doi:doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2018.09.015 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) | Global Surface UHI Explorer |

• T. Chakraborty, C. Sarangi, M. Krishnan, S.N. Tripathi*, R. Morrison, J. Evans, "Biases in model-simulated surface energy fluxes during the Indian monsoon onset period", Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2019, doi:doi.org/10.1007/s10546-018-0395-x | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• T. Chakraborty, A. Hsu*, D. Manya, G. Sheriff, "Disproportionately Higher Exposure to Urban Heat in Lower-income Neighborhoods: a Multi-City Perspective", Environmental Research Letters, 2019, doi:doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab3b99 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• A. Turner*, G. Bhat, [and 66 others, including T. Chakraborty], "Interaction of Convective Organisation with Monsoon Precipitation, Atmosphere, Surface and Sea: the 2016 INCOMPASS field campaign in India", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 2019, doi:doi.org/10.1002/qj.3633 | PDF |

2018

• H. Li, F. Meier, X. Lee, T. Chakraborty, J. Liu, M. Schaap, S. Sodoudi*, "Interaction between Urban Heat Island and Urban Pollution Island, a Case Study of Berlin in Summer", Science of The Total Environment, 2018, doi:doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.254 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• G. George, C. Sarangi, S.N. Tripathi*, T. Chakraborty, A. Turner, "Vertical Structure and Radiative Forcing of Monsoon Clouds over Kanpur during the 2016 INCOMPASS field campaign", Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2018, doi:doi.org/10.1002/2017JD027759 | PDF |

2017

• A. Goel*, R. Wathore, T. Chakraborty, M. Agrawal, "Characteristics of Exposure to Particles Due to Incense Burning inside Temples in Kanpur, India", Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2017, doi:dx.doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2016.04.0146 | PDF (main text) | PDF (supplementary file) |

• T. Chakraborty, C. Sarangi, S.N. Tripathi*, "Understanding Diurnality and Inter-Seasonality of a Sub-tropical Urban Heat Island", Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2017, doi:doi.org/10.1007/s10546-016-0223-0 | PDF |

2015

• T. Chakraborty, B. Tudu, D. Sabui, I. Mukherjee*, "An evaluation of renewable energy sources in Green Building systems for the residential sector in the metropolis, Kolkata, India", Indian Journal of Air Pollution Control, 2015, Volume 15, Issue 1, pp 51-66.

• T. Chakraborty, I. Mukherjee*, "Rainwater Harvesting and Greywater Reutilisation in modern homes - a case study of four major metropolitan cities", Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering, CSIR- National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur (India), Volume 57, No. 4, October, 2015, pp 321-329.

2013

• I. Mukherjee*, T. Chakraborty, S. Pal, S.C. Roy, S. Ghosh, B. Aich, S. Choudhury, "Temporal variation of PM10, SO2 and NO2 over the period (2003-2011) for the Metropolis Kolkata (22◦34’N, 88◦24’ E), India", Journal of the Institution of Public Health Engineers, India, Volume 2013-14, No. 2, July, 2013, pp 30-35.

• T. Chakraborty, I. Mukherjee*, S. Kar, "Ground Water and its Vulnerability to Arsenic Contamination in India", Journal of Indian Waterworks Association, Vol XXXXV No. 2, April-June, 2013, pp 126-131.

2012

• I. Mukherjee*, S. Kar, T. Chakraborty, P. Sen, S. Chattopadhyay, "Study on interrelation of PM10, SO2, NO2 and average ambient temperature for the metropolis Kolkata for the period 2002-2006", Indian Journal of Air Pollution Control, Vol XII, No. 2, September, 2012, pp 51-56.

2011

• I. Mukherjee*, T. Chakraborty, R. Majumder, "Green Buildings- A Probable Solution to Global Warming", Indian Journal of Air Pollution Control, New Delhi Chapter, Vol XI, No. 2, September, 2011, pp 28-33.

Datasets

2025

• T. Chakraborty*, "Data for irrigation impacts on urban heat stress in North America", Zenodo, doi:doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12522654

2024

• T. Chakraborty*, "Urban heat hazard in the Global South", Zenodo, doi:doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11186501

• T. Chakraborty*, Y. Qian, "Urban warming signal across scales", Zenodo, doi:doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11167730

2023

• T. Chakraborty*, A. Newman, Y. Qian, A. Hsu, G. Sheriff, “Urban census tract and HOLC polygon grade summaries and scripts from Chakraborty et al. 2023”, Mendeley, 2023, doi:doi.org/10.17632/jgv5hmzc44.1

• T. Chakraborty*, J. Wang, Z. Yang, Y. Qian, W. Pringle, P. Xue, “Population-adjusted pseudo global warming simulations over the Great Lakes Region”, Zenodo, 2023, doi:doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7603277

2022

• T. Chakraborty*, Z. Venter, X. Lee, Y. Qian, “Netatmo Citizen Weather Station Data over Europe (July, 2019)”, Mendeley Data, 2022, doi:doi.org/10.17632/ck69zx89fc.1

2021

• T. Chakraborty*, X. Lee, "BaRAD: Bias-Adjusted RADiation Dataset", PANGAEA, 2021 doi:doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.932924

2020

• T. Chakraborty*, A. Hsu, D. Manya, G. Sheriff, "United States Surface Urban Heat Island database", Mendeley Data, 2020 doi:dx.doi.org/10.17632/x9mv4krnm2.2

2018

• A. G. Turner*, S.N. Tripathi, G. George, T. Chakraborty, J. Fletcher, K. Hunt, C. Sarangi, P. Willet, L. Recchia, "INCOMPASS: Radiosonde measurements from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) airstrip, Kanpur, India", Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, 2018 doi:dx.doi.org/10.5285/28a48da1141447058f8d5323908e4b3d

• T. Chakraborty*, X. Lee, "Global UHI data table", Mendeley Data, 2018 doi:dx.doi.org/10.17632/h9pfd42fv9.2