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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 95-104 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Meteorologische Zeitschrift |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 28 Feb 2019 |
| Publication status | Published - 21 Jun 2019 |
Abstract
Large cities and urban regions are confronted with rising pressure by environmental pollution, impacts of climate change, as well as natural and health hazards. They are characterised by heterogeneous mosaics of urban structures, causing modifications of atmospheric processes on different temporal and spatial scales. Planning authorities need reliable, locally relevant information on urban atmospheric processes, providing fine spatial resolutions in city quarters or street canyons, as well as projections of future climates, specifically downscaled to individual cities. Therefore, building-resolving urban climate models for entire city regions are required as a tool for urban development and planning, air quality control, as well as for design of actions for climate change mitigation and adaptation. To date, building-resolving atmospheric models covering entire large cities are mostly missing. The German research programme “Urban Climate Under Change” ([UC]2) aims at developing a new urban climate model, acquiring three-dimensional observational data for model testing and validation, and testing its practicability and usability in collaboration with relevant stakeholders to provide a scientifically sound and practicable instrument to address the above mentioned challenges. This article provides an outline of the collaborative activities of the [UC]2 research programme.
Keywords
- Air quality, Applicability tests, Building-resolving atmospheric model, Climate change, Data management, Large eddy simulation, Model validation, Observational data, Urban climate, Urban planning
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
- Atmospheric Science
Sustainable Development Goals
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In: Meteorologische Zeitschrift, Vol. 28, No. 2, 21.06.2019, p. 95-104.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Urban Climate Under Change [UC]2
T2 - A National Research Programme for Developing a Building-Resolving Atmospheric Model for Entire City Regions
AU - Scherer, Dieter
AU - Antretter, Florian
AU - Bender, Steffen
AU - Cortekar, Jörg
AU - Emeis, Stefan
AU - Fehrenbach, Ute
AU - Gross, Günter
AU - Halbig, Guido
AU - Hasse, Jens
AU - Maronga, Björn
AU - Raasch, Siegfried
AU - Scherber, Katharina
N1 - Funding information: The German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funds the [UC]2 research programme as contribution to 'Research for Sustainable Development' (FONA); www.fona.de; accessed on 11/02/2018; (funding codes MOSAIK: 01LP1601, 3DO: 01LP1602, KliMoPrax: 01LP1603 and UseUClim: 01LP1604). The German Aerospace Center (DLR) Project Management Agency manages and supports the [UC]2 research programme. The authors thank all partners, institutions and persons involved in the [UC]2 research programme for their contributions.
PY - 2019/6/21
Y1 - 2019/6/21
N2 - Large cities and urban regions are confronted with rising pressure by environmental pollution, impacts of climate change, as well as natural and health hazards. They are characterised by heterogeneous mosaics of urban structures, causing modifications of atmospheric processes on different temporal and spatial scales. Planning authorities need reliable, locally relevant information on urban atmospheric processes, providing fine spatial resolutions in city quarters or street canyons, as well as projections of future climates, specifically downscaled to individual cities. Therefore, building-resolving urban climate models for entire city regions are required as a tool for urban development and planning, air quality control, as well as for design of actions for climate change mitigation and adaptation. To date, building-resolving atmospheric models covering entire large cities are mostly missing. The German research programme “Urban Climate Under Change” ([UC]2) aims at developing a new urban climate model, acquiring three-dimensional observational data for model testing and validation, and testing its practicability and usability in collaboration with relevant stakeholders to provide a scientifically sound and practicable instrument to address the above mentioned challenges. This article provides an outline of the collaborative activities of the [UC]2 research programme.
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KW - Air quality
KW - Applicability tests
KW - Building-resolving atmospheric model
KW - Climate change
KW - Data management
KW - Large eddy simulation
KW - Model validation
KW - Observational data
KW - Urban climate
KW - Urban planning
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