Journal Paper

• Worameth CHINCHUTHAKUN, David WINDERL, Alvin C.G. VARQUEZ, Yukihiko YAMASHITA, Manabu KANDA. ANNUAL PAST-PRESENT LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION FROM LANDSAT USING DEEP LEARNING FOR URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS, Journal of JSCE, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Volume 12, Issue 2, Sept. 2023.
• Do Ngoc KHANH, Alvin C. G. VARQUEZ, Manabu KANDA. MULTI-MEGACITY INVESTIGATION OF HEAT WAVE EVENTS UNDER VARIOUS CLIMATE CHANGE AND URBANIZATION SCENARIOS, Journal of JSCE, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Volume 12, Issue 2, Sept. 2023.
• Do Ngoc Khanh, Alvin C. G. Varquez, MANABU KANDA. Impact of urbanization on exposure to extreme warming in megacities, Heliyon, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. e15511, Apr. 2023.  Official location  
• Alvin Christopher G. Varquez, Sifan Dong, Shinya HANAOKA, MANABU KANDA. Evaluating future railway-induced urban growth of twelve cities using multiple SLEUTH models with open-source geospatial inputs, Sustainable Cities and Society, Vol. 91, pp. 104442, Apr. 2023.  Official location  
• Ryoga Hiroki, Khanh Ngoc Do, Varquez Alvin Christopher, MANABU KANDA. ANALYSIS OF SUMMER THERMAL COMFORT IN JAPAN FROM 1980 TO 2020, 土木学会論文集B1（水工学）, Vol. 78, No. 2, Sept. 2022.
• Bambang Adhi Priyambodoho, Shuichi Kure, Nurul Fajar Januriyadi, Mohammad Farid, Alvin Christopher Galang Varquez, Manabu Kanda, So Kazama. Effects of Urban Development on Regional Climate Change and Flood Inundation in Jakarta, Indonesia, Journal of Disaster Research, Fuji Technology Press Ltd, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 516-525, June 2022.
• I Dewa G. A. JUNNAEDHI, Atsushi INAGAKI, Alvin C. G. VARQUEZ, Manabu KANDA. Evaluation of Multiple Simulated Sea-Breeze Events in Tropical Megacity using High-Temporal-Resolution Observation Data, The 66th Hydraulic Engineering Conference, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B1 (Hydraulic Engineering), Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE), Volume 77, Issue 2, Page I_1309-I1314, Sept. 2021.  Official location  
• Alvin Christopher Varquez, Shouta Kiyomoto, Khanh Ngoc Do, Manabu Kanda. Global 1-km present and future hourly anthropogenic heat flux, Scientific Data, Springer Nature, Volume 8, Feb. 2021.  Official location  
• Khanh, D.N., Varquez, A.C.G., Kanda, M.. Future climate projection of megacities considering urbanization scenarios, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser.B1(Hydraulic Engineering), Vol. 76, No. 2, pp. I_103-I252, Nov. 2020.
• Seki, H., Varquez, A.C.G., Kanda, M., Ashie, Y., Nakayoshi, M.. Evaluation of mobility-induced heat risk using numerical weather simulation and quasi-real time congestion data”. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser.B1(Hydraulic Engineering), Vol. 76, No. 2, pp. I_283-I288, Nov. 2020.
• Varquez, A.C.G., Dong, S., Hanaoka, S., Kanda, M.. Improvement of an Urban Growth Model for Railway-Induced Urban Expansion, Sustainability, MDPI, Vol. 12, Num. 17, 6801, Aug. 2020.
• Varquez, A.C.G., Darmanto, N.S., Honda, Y., Ihara, T., Kanda, M.. Future increase in elderly heat-related mortality of a rapidly growing Asian megacity, Scientific Reports, Nature Research, Vol. 10, June 2020.
• Darmanto, N.S., Varquez, A.C.G., Kawano, N., Kanda, M.. Future urban climate projection in a tropical megacity based on global climate change and local urbanization scenarios, International Journal of Urban Climate, Vol. 29, Sept. 2019.
• Yuuri Narita, Alvin C.G. Varquez, Makoto Nakayoshi, Manabu Kanda. Construction of land use database before urbanization for global urban climate analyses, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser.B1 (Hydraulic Engineering), Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 75, No. 2, pp. I_1039-I1044, Aug. 2019.
• Asami, M., Nakayoshi, M., Varquez, A.C.G., Kanda, M.. Mechanism of the urban heat island considering geography and background climate, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers. Ser. B1, Hydraulic engineering, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 75, No. 2, pp. I_37-I42, Aug. 2019.
• Zhou, Y., Varquez, A.C.G., Kanda, M.. High-resolution global urban growth projection based on multiple applications of the SLEUTH urban growth model., Scientific Data, Vol. 6, Number 34, Apr. 2019.
• 桑山 忠弘, 山口 和貴, Kazuki Okada, 亀卦川 幸浩, MANABU KANDA, Alvin Christopher Varquez, Nisrina Setyo Darmanto, Prihadi Setyo Darmanto, 井原 智彦. エアコンによる睡眠困難および疲労の障害調整生存年（DALY)の軽減効果-インドネシア・ジャカルタにおける評価-, Journal of Life Cycle Assessment Japan, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 2-9, Jan. 2019.
• Kiyomoto, S., Varquez, A.G.C., Kanda, M.. Anthropogenic Heat Flux Distribution With Point Sources for Global Urban Climatology, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B1 (Hydraulic Engineering),, Vol. 74, No. 5, I_1171-I111176, Nov. 2018.
• Varquez, A.C.G., Kawano, N., Kanda, M., Nakayoshi, M.. Numerical Investigation of Anthropogenic Heat Emission Impacts on Large Asian Cities, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B1 (Hydraulic Engineering), Vol. 74, No. 5, pp. I_1177-I1182, Nov. 2018.
• Sueishi, T.,, Yucel, M., Ashie, Y., Inagaki.,A., Nakayoshi., M., Varquez A.C.G., Darmanto, N.S., Kanda, M.. 全球・都市の将来シナリオを考慮した都市街区の温熱環境予測, 土木学会 水工学講演会, 土木学会論文集B1(水工学), Vol. 74(4), pp. I_259-I264, Mar. 2018.
• Varquez, A.C.G., Takakuwa, S., Kanda, M., Xin, Z.. Future population distribution of an urban agglomeration given climate change scenarios, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B1 (Hydraulic Engineering), Vol. 74, No. 4, pp. Ⅰ_223-I228, Mar. 2018.
• Varquez, A.C.G., Kanda, M.. Global urban climatology: a meta-analysis of air temperature trends (1960–2009), npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Vol. 1, 2018.
• Varquez, A.C.G., Darmanto, N.S., Kawano, N., Takakuwa, S., Kanda, M., Xin, Z.. REPRESENTATIVE URBAN GROWING SCENARIOS FOR FUTURE CLIMATE MODELS, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B1 (Hydraulic Engineering), Vol. 73, No. 4, pp. I_103-I108, Mar. 2017.
• Dong, Y., Varquez, A.C.G., Kanda, M.. Global anthropogenic heat flux database with high spatial resolution. Atmospheric Environment., Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 150, pp. 276-294, Feb. 2017.
• Darmanto, N.S., Varquez, A.C.G., Kanda, M.. 2017. Urban roughness parameters estimation from globally available datasets for mesoscale modeling in megacities., International Journal of Urban Climate, Vol. 21, pp. 243-261, 2017.
• Yucel, M., Varquez, A.C.G., Darmanto, N., Kanda, M.. Improvements of Urban Representation in Weather Models Using Global Datasets, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 72, No. 4, I_91-I96, Mar. 2016.
• Natsumi Kawano, 董 玥, Meral Yucel, Alvin Christopher Varquez, MANABU KANDA. グローバル都市気象学-都市温暖化の汎用解析手法の提案, 土木学会論文集B1（水工学）, Vol. 72, No. 4, I_97-I102, Mar. 2016.
• Varquez, A. C. G., Nakayoshi, M., Kanda, M.. The Effects of Highly Detailed Urban Roughness Parameters on a Sea-Breeze Numerical Simulation,, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, Vol. 154, No. 3, pp. 449–469, 2015.
• Takuya Makabe, Makoto Nakayoshi, Alvin Christopher Varquez, MANABU KANDA. 気象解析のための全日本都市幾何データベースの構築と世界への拡張可能性, 土木学会論文集B1（水工学）, Vol. 70, No. 4, pp. I_331-I336, Mar. 2014.
• Varquez, A. C. G., Nakayoshi, M., Makabe, T., Kanda, M.. WRF APPLICATION OF HIGH RESOLUTION PARAMETERS ON SOME MAJOR CITIES OF JAPAN, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser.B1(Hydraulic Engineering), Vol. 70, No. 4, pp. I_175-I180,, Mar. 2014.
• Alvin Christopher VARQUEZ, Kenji KOBAYASHI, Manabu KANDA, Tsuyoshi KINOUCHI. Applicability of an Improved Water and Energy Teansfer Processes Model on Rapid Rainfall-Runoff Events of Toyo Urban Watersheds, 水工学論文集, Vol. 55, pp. 25-30, Feb. 2011.

Book

• Manabu Kanda, Alvin Christopher Galang Varquez. Ordinary Differential Equations and Physical Phenomena: A Short Introduction with Python, Ordinary Differential Equations and Physical Phenomena: A Short Introduction with Python, Asakura Publishing Co.,Ltd., Nov. 2020.  Official location  

International Conference (Reviewed)

• May Kristine Jonson Carlon, Alvin Christopher Galang Varquez, Eden Mariquit Andrews, John Maurice Gayed. Educational Assistant Wireframe for the Elderly to Mitigate Urban Climate Health Risks, 30th International Conference on Computers in Education, pp. 638-640, Nov. 2022.
• Varquez, A.C.G., Kawano, N., Kanda, M., Nakayoshi, M.. The atmospheric effect of anthropogenic emissions to large Asian urban agglomerations, 1st International Conference on Tropical Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, Sept. 2018.
• Darmanto, N.S., Varquez, A.C.G., Kanda, M.. Detection of Urban Environment from Landsat 8 for Mesoscale Modeling Purposes,, 9th International Conference on Urban Climate, July 2015.
• Kawano, N., Varquez, A. C. G., Kanda, M.. Study on Climate Changes using Urban Parameterization and Pseudo Global Warming (PGW) Method in Kanto during Summer Season, Proceedings of the Academy for Co-creative Education of Environment and Energy Science, Dec. 2014.
• Yucel, M., Varquez, A. C. G., Kanda, M.. Implementation of the WRF-Urban Canopy Model to Istanbul,Turkey, Proceedings of the Academy for Co-creative Education of Environment and Energy Science, Dec. 2014.
• Kawano, N., Varquez, A. C. G., Kanda, M.. Study on Climate Changes using Urban Parameterization and Pseudo Global Warming (PGW) Method during Summer Season, 7th ASEAN Environmental Engineering Conference (AEEC),, Nov. 2014.
• Varquez, A.C.G., Nakayoshi, M., Kanda, M. Numerical investigation of summer sea breeze using updated urban aerodynamic parameters in Kanto Region, American Meteorological Society, Feb. 2014.
• Varquez, A.C.G., Kanda M., Nakayoshi M., Adachi S., Nakano K., Yoshikane T., Tsugawa M., Kusaka H.. Tokyo localized rainfall simulation using improved urban and sea parameterized WRF-ARW, the 8th international conference for urban climate, 79(4pages), Aug. 2012.
• Varquez, A., Kanda, M.. Applicability of WRF-ARW on Spatially Heterogeneous Urban Areas, The Asia-Oceania Top University League on Engineering - 2011, Oct. 2011.

Domestic Conference (Reviewed)

• Natsumi Kawano, Alvin Christopher Varquez, MANABU KANDA. 擬似温暖化及び都市温暖化を利用した関東夏期の将来気候変化, 日本流体力学会年会2014, Sept. 2014.
• Makoto Nakayoshi, kohei okubo, Alvin Christopher Varquez, MANABU KANDA, 藤原忠誠. STAGNATION REGION OF SEA BREEZE FRONT ALONG TOKYO-NERIMA-SAITAMA LINE, 土木学会水工学講演会, 土木学会論文集B1（水工学）, Vol. 69, No. 4, pp. I_1741-I1746, Mar. 2013.
• Kumiko Nakano, Makoto Nakayoshi, Alvin Christopher Varquez, MANABU KANDA, 足立幸穂, Hiroyuki KUSAKA. 最新の都市パラメタリゼーションを導入した集中豪雨シュミレーション, 土木学会水工学講演会, 土木学会論文集B1（水工学）, Vol. 69, No. 4, pp. I_335-I360, Mar. 2013.

International Conference (Not reviewed / Unknown)

• Florent Renard, Lucille Alonso, Alvin Christopher Varquez, Ryoga Hiroki, Janat Taerakul. Thermal comfort modeling in crowded and touristic areas in Tokyo, 11th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC11), Aug. 2023.  Official location  
• Alexandros Marios Makedonas, ATSUSHI INAGAKI, MANABU KANDA, Alvin Christopher Varquez, I Dewa Gede Junnaedhi, Khanh Ngoc Do. Using Deep Learning to obtain wind field patterns and boundary layer height from doppler lidar and single point measurements, 11th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC11), Aug. 2023.  Official location  
• Alvin Christopher Varquez, Janat Taerakul, Florent Renard, Lucille Alonso, Ryoga Hiroki, Yasunobu Ashie, ATSUSHI INAGAKI, MANABU KANDA, Sunkyung Choi, Makoto Okumura, Shinya HANAOKA. High-resolution heat-risk modeling and comparison of downtown areas of two cities on extreme hot summer days of 2022, 11th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC11), Aug. 2023.  Official location  
• Alvin Christopher Varquez, Unubold Erdenebeleg, MANABU KANDA. Incorporating a detailed global anthropogenic heat emission dataset into an earth system model, 11th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC11), Aug. 2023.  Official location  
• Ryoga Hiroki, Alvin Christopher Varquez, Khanh Ngoc Do, I Dewa Gede Junnaedhi, MANABU KANDA, Florent Renard, Lucille Alonso, Ryza Rynazal. Long-term changes of Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) estimated from weather stations, climate models, and decision trees, 11th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC11), Aug. 2023.  Official location  
• Khanh Ngoc Do, Alvin Christopher Varquez, MANABU KANDA. The combined effect of global warming and urbanization on future thermal comfort of worldwide megacities, 11th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC11), Aug. 2023.  Official location  
• Sachiho Adachi, Khanh Ngoc Do, Seiya Nishizawa, Alvin Christopher Varquez, MANABU KANDA, Hirofumi Tomita. Urban Module and Dataset of SCALE for an Urban Climate Simulation, 11th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC11), Aug. 2023.  Official location  
• Alvin Christopher Varquez, Khanh Ngoc Do, I Dewa Gede Junnaedhi, MANABU KANDA. Various approaches to consider spatio-temporally varying anthropogenic heat emissions in a regional climate model, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2022, Dec. 2022.  Official location  
• Do Ngoc Khanh, Alvin C. G. Varquez, Manabu Kanda. Impact of Global Warming and Urbanization on Inhabitants of Worldwide Megacities, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2022, Dec. 2022.
• Do Ngoc Khanh, Alvin C. G. Varquez, Manabu Kanda. Impact of Urbanization to the Future Thermal Environment of Worldwide Megacities, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 19th annual meeting, Aug. 2022.
• Alvin Christopher Varquez. Global Urban Climatology, The 2nd International Seminar on Earth Sciences and Technology, Mar. 2022.  Official location  
• Varquez, A.C.G., Kanda, M.. Global Urban Climatology Framework: New Perspective and Highlights, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2019, Dec. 2019.
• Darmanto, N.S., Varquez, A.C.G., Kanda, M.. Future urban climate projection in a tropical megacity based on global climate and local urbanization scenarios., 1st International Conference on Tropical Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (ICTMAS 2018), Sept. 2018.
• Varquez, A.C.G., Kawano, N., Kanda, M., Nakayoshi, M.. Numerical Investigation of the World's Large Urban Agglomerations Using Distributed Roughness and Anthropogenic Emissions,, 10th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC-10), Aug. 2018.
• Kawano, N., Varquez, A. C. G., Dong, Y., Kanda, M., Roth, M.. Weather Modelling of Urban Heat Island in Megacities Using Distributed Urban Parameters Derived from Global Datasets, 3th Symposium of the Urban Environment, American Meteorological Society, Jan. 2017.
• Kawano, N., Varquez, A., Dong, Y., Yucel, M., Sueishi, T., Kanda, M., Roth, M.. Construction of globally distributed urban parameters for weather model, The Fifth International Education Forum on Environment and Energy Science, Proceedings of the Academy for Co-creative Education of Environment and Energy Science, Dec. 2016.
• Darmanto, N.S., Varquez, A.C.G., Kanda, M.. Future climate prediction of urban atmosphere in a tropical megacity., Fifth International Education Forum on Environment and Energy Science, Dec. 2016.
• Darmanto, N.S., Varquez, A.C.G., Kanda, M.. Future climate prediction of urban atmosphere in a tropical megacity., American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 2016.
• Kawano, N., Varquez, A., Dong, Y., Yucel, M., Sueishi, T., Kanda, M.. Global distribution of urban parameters derived from high-resolution global datasets for weather modelling,, American Geophysical Union, Dec. 2016.
• Varquez A.C.G., Kanda, M., Darmanto, N.S., Dong, Y., Xin, Sueishi, T.. The Roadmap to Global Urban Climatology, The International Science Conference (ISC) on MAHASRI (Monsoon Asian Hydro-Atmosphere Scientific Research and Prediction Initiative), Mar. 2016.
• Kawano, N., Dong, Y., Varquez, A.C.G., Kanda, M.. Weather Modeling of Megacities using Urban Parameters derived from Global Datasets, 13th International Conference on Atmospheric Sciences and Applications to Air Quality, Dec. 2015.
• Varquez, A. C. G., Kanda, M.. Changing perspectives: Significance of long-term temperature observations in major cities, 9th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC9) jointly with 12th Symposium on the Urban Environment, July 2015.
• Varquez, A. C. G., Nakayoshi, M., Makabe, T., Kanda, M.. Weather Simulation of Sunny Days Using Detailed Urban Surface Parameters in Japan Major Cities, the Academy for Co-creative Education of Environment and Energy Science, Dec. 2013.
• Kumiko Nakano, Alvin C.G. Varquez, Makoto Nakayoshi, Manabu Kanda, Takao Yoshitake, Hiroyuki Kusaka. Impact of high-resolution sea-surface temperature and latest urban parameters on localized heavy rain in Tokyo using a weather forecasting model, the 5th ASEAN Environmental Engineering Conference (AEEC) and the 3rd Seminar on Asian Water Environment (Asian Core Program of JSPS, NRCT and ERDT), Oct. 2012.
• Varquez, A., Kobayashi, K., Kanda, M., Kinouchi, T.. Water and EnergyProcesses (WEP) Model: Surface Runoff Modeling with Higher Time Resolution for Urban Watersheds, International Workshop on UrbanClimate Projection for better Adaptation Plan, International Workshop on UrbanClimate Projection for better Adaptation Plan, June 2010.

Domestic Conference (Not reviewed / Unknown)

• Yoongsomporn T., Varquez, A.C.G., Choi, S., Okumura, M., Hanaoka, S., Kanda, M.. Spatiotemporal analysis of human mobility over the Greater Tokyo Area from 2019 to 2021, 第69回土木計画学研究発表会, 土木計画学研究・講演集, Vol. 69, May 2024.
• Alvin Christopher Varquez, Jeffrey Scott Cross, May Kristine Jonson Carlon, Eden Mariquit Andrews, Sadeghzadeh Nazari Mehrdad, Sunkyung Choi, Shinya HANAOKA. Preliminary evaluation of a transdisciplinary international undergraduate program in engineering, The 69th Annual Conference of Japanese Society for Engineering Education, Sept. 2021.
• Sifan Dong, Alvin Christopher Varquez, Shinya HANAOKA. Development of urban growth model for transit-oriented development, 土木計画学研究・講演集, Vol. 61, June 2020.
• Darmanto N.S., Varquez, A.C.G., Kanda M.. High-resolution Satellite-derived Urban Roughness Parameters for Mesoscale Modeling in Megacities, American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting 97th Join with 13th Urban Environment Symposium, Jan. 2017.
• Takuya Makabe, Makoto Nakayoshi, Alvin Christopher Varquez, MANABU KANDA. 気象解析のための全日本都市幾何データベースの構築と世界への拡張可能性, 日本気象学会2014年春季大会, May 2014.
• Natsumi Kawano, Makoto Nakayoshi, MANABU KANDA, Alvin Christopher Varquez, 足立幸穂, 原政之, Yumi Kondo. 擬似温暖化を利用した名古屋都市圏の将来気候変化, 日本気象学会2014年春季大会, May 2014.

Degree

• The Meteorological Effects of Detailed Urban Parameter Inclusion to Weather Research and Forecasting Model on Dry Days,  Summary,  博士（工学）,  Tokyo Institute of Technology,  2014/09/25,   
• The Meteorological Effects of Detailed Urban Parameter Inclusion to Weather Research and Forecasting Model on Dry Days,  Thesis,  博士（工学）,  Tokyo Institute of Technology,  2014/09/25,   
• The Meteorological Effects of Detailed Urban Parameter Inclusion to Weather Research and Forecasting Model on Dry Days,  Exam Summary,  博士（工学）,  Tokyo Institute of Technology,  2014/09/25,   

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