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Model evaluation paper
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18 Jun 2024
Model evaluation paper |
| 18 Jun 2024
| 18 Jun 2024
Calibrating and validating the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) urban cooling model: case studies in France and the United States
Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore
Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore
Martí Bosch
Urban and Regional Planning Community, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Léa Tardieu
TETIS, INRAE, AgroParisTech, CIRAD, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
CIRED, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, AgroParisTech, Cirad, CNRS, EHESS, Université Paris-Saclay, 94736, Nogent-sur-Marne, France
Aude Lemonsu
CNRM, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Cécile de Munck
CNRM, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Chris Nootenboom
Ecognosis, Warwick, NY 10990, USA
Vincent Viguié
CIRED, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, AgroParisTech, Cirad, CNRS, EHESS, Université Paris-Saclay, 94736, Nogent-sur-Marne, France
Eric Lonsdorf
Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory College, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
James A. Douglass
Natural Capital Project, Dept. of Biology and Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Richard P. Sharp
Spring, 5455 Shafter Avenue, Oakland, CA 94618, USA
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- Decoding urbanization trade-offs in Shenzhen, China: a PLUS-InVEST-PLES framework for balancing carbon dynamics, ecological functionality, and land use intensification Y. Li et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2025.1590814
- Assessing multiple ecosystem services in 708 European urban areas C. Veerkamp et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2024.2387006
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- Assessing a decision-support tool to estimate the cooling potential and economic savings from urban vegetation in Singapore E. Ramsay et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2025.106337
- Quantifying daily mismatch in urban cooling supply and demand at daytime and nighttime X. Huang et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2025.106851
- Impacts of building height and local climate zones on the performance of the InVEST Urban Cooling model Y. Wang et al. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1554/1/012047
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- Analyzing inequities in vegetation cooling services along the urban-rural gradient using the LAI-integrated InVEST urban cooling model H. Lan et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128665
- Evaluating urban ecosystem services and resilience using remote sensing and InVEST model: A case study of flood risk control and urban cooling in Tabriz B. Veisi Nabikandi et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2025.106654
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- Closing prediction gaps in urban canopy models through handling parameter and model-form uncertainties G. Setyantho & Y. Heo https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2026.107404
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Short summary
The InVEST Urban Cooling model estimates the cooling effect of vegetation in cities. We further developed an algorithm to facilitate model calibration and evaluation. Applying the algorithm to case studies in France and in the United States, we found that nighttime air temperature estimates compare well with reference datasets. Estimated change in temperature from a land cover scenario compares well with an alternative model estimate, supporting the use of the model for urban planning decisions.
The InVEST Urban Cooling model estimates the cooling effect of vegetation in cities. We further...
