Benjamin Bechtel

About Benjamin Bechtel

Benjamin Bechtel, With an exceptional h-index of 39 and a recent h-index of 36 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, specializes in the field of Remote Sensing, Urban Climatology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

A Global Database of quality-controlled Crowd Weather Station Data

Data2Resilience: Data-driven Urban Climate Adaption–A Biometeorological Sensor Network for Dortmund, Germany

Mapping urban form into local climate zones for the continental US from 1986–2020

Combining crowdsourced weather data and the numerical urban climate model PALM–potentials and limitations

Weekly rhythms of urban heat islands: A multicity perspective

Quantifying the Effect of Urban Heat Advection using Crowd Weather Stations

Consideration of Altered Anthropogenic Behavior during the First Lockdown and Its Effects on Air Pollutants and Land Surface Temperature in European Cities

Spatial distribution of atmospheric microplastics in bulk-deposition of urban and rural environments–A one-year follow-up study in northern Germany

Benjamin Bechtel Information

University

Position

Institute of Geography

Citations(all)

8016

Citations(since 2020)

6417

Cited By

3881

hIndex(all)

39

hIndex(since 2020)

36

i10Index(all)

82

i10Index(since 2020)

77

Email

University Profile Page

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Benjamin Bechtel Skills & Research Interests

Remote Sensing

Urban Climatology

Top articles of Benjamin Bechtel

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

A Global Database of quality-controlled Crowd Weather Station Data

Benjamin Bechtel

Jonas Kittner

Daniel Fenner

Matthias Demuzere

2024/3/7

Data2Resilience: Data-driven Urban Climate Adaption–A Biometeorological Sensor Network for Dortmund, Germany

Charlotte Hüser

Luise Weickhmann

Panagiotis Sismanidis

Jonas Kittner

Benjamin Bechtel

2024/3/7

Mapping urban form into local climate zones for the continental US from 1986–2020

Scientific Data

Meng Qi

Chunxue Xu

Wenwen Zhang

Matthias Demuzere

Perry Hystad

...

2024/2/13

Combining crowdsourced weather data and the numerical urban climate model PALM–potentials and limitations

Lara van der Linden

Patrick Hogan

Björn Maronga

Rowell Hagemann

Benjamin Bechtel

2024/3/7

Weekly rhythms of urban heat islands: A multicity perspective

Sustainable Cities and Society

Huilin Du

Wenfeng Zhan

Zihan Liu

Chunli Wang

Shasha Wang

...

2024/7/1

Quantifying the Effect of Urban Heat Advection using Crowd Weather Stations

Jonas Kittner

Daniel Fenner

Matthias Demuzere

Benjamin Bechtel

2024/3/7

Consideration of Altered Anthropogenic Behavior during the First Lockdown and Its Effects on Air Pollutants and Land Surface Temperature in European Cities

Atmosphere

Patricia Glocke

Benjamin Bechtel

Panagiotis Sismanidis

2023/6/14

Spatial distribution of atmospheric microplastics in bulk-deposition of urban and rural environments–A one-year follow-up study in northern Germany

Science of The Total Environment

Malin Klein

Benjamin Bechtel

Torben Brecht

Elke Kerstin Fischer

2023/11/25

Surface and canopy-layer urban heat island intensities in Europe–Quantifying differences in the diurnal cycle for three summer periods

Leonie Krelaus

Joy Apfel

Benjamin Bechtel

Panagiotis Sismanidis

2023/5/17

The Intensity of Surface Urban Heat Islands in the Global North during the COVID-19 Lockdowns

Panagiotis Sismanidis

Benjamin Bechtel

Iphigenia Keramitsoglou

Zihan Liu

Wenfeng Zhan

2023/5/17

Soil texture mediates the surface cooling effect of urban and peri-urban green spaces during a drought period in the city area of Hamburg (Germany)

Science of the Total Environment

Britta Stumpe

Benjamin Bechtel

Jannis Heil

Christoph Jörges

Anna Jostmeier

...

2023/11/1

Impacts of Altered Human Activities due to COVID-19 Lockdown on Air Pollutants and Land Surface Temperatures across European Cities

Patricia Glocke

Benjamin Bechtel

Panagiotis Sismanidis

2023/5/17

Contrasting trends and drivers of global surface and canopy urban heat islands

Geophysical Research Letters

Huilin Du

Wenfeng Zhan

James Voogt

Benjamin Bechtel

TC Chakraborty

...

2023/8/16

Crowdsourcing air temperature data for the evaluation of the urban microscale model PALM

Lara van der Linden

Patrick Hogan

Björn Maronga

Rowell Hagemann

Benjamin Bechtel

2023/8/18

Land surface and air temperature dynamics: The role of urban form and seasonality

Science of The Total Environment

Marzie Naserikia

Melissa A Hart

Negin Nazarian

Benjamin Bechtel

Mathew Lipson

...

2023/12/20

Understanding within-city interaction between surface and air temperatures

EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts

Marzie Naserikia

Melissa A Hart

Negin Nazarian

Benjamin Bechtel

Kerry A Nice

2023/5

Mapping local climate zones for cities: A large review

Fan Huang

Sida Jiang

Wenfeng Zhan

Benjamin Bechtel

Zihan Liu

...

2023/7/1

Urban climate informatics

Ariane Middel

Benjamin Bechtel

Matthias Demuzere

Negin Nazarian

2023/4/18

Integrated assessment of urban overheating impacts on human life

Negin Nazarian

ES Krayenhoff

Benjamin Bechtel

DM Hondula

Riccardo Paolini

...

2022/8

Evaluating urban risks in Europe using publicly available continental-scale data

EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts

Zeting Li

Gerald Mill

Matthias Demuzere

Benjamin Bechtel

2022/5

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