Urban Climate Under Change [UC]² 

A National Research Programme for Developing a Building-Resolving Atmospheric Model for Entire City Regions

verfasst von

Dieter Scherer, Florian Antretter, Steffen Bender, Jörg Cortekar, Stefan Emeis, Ute Fehrenbach, Günter Gross, Guido Halbig, Jens Hasse, Björn Maronga, Siegfried Raasch, Katharina Scherber

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.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Meteorologie und Klimatologie

Externe Organisation(en)

Technische Universität Berlin
Fraunhofer-Institut für Bauphysik (IBP)
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Zentrum für Material- und Küstenforschung GmbH
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH)
Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik GmbH (Difu)

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Band

28

Seiten

95-104

Anzahl der Seiten

10

ISSN

0941-2948

Publikationsdatum

21.06.2019

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Atmosphärenwissenschaften

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 11 – Nachhaltige Städte und Gemeinschaften, SDG 12 – Verantwortungsvoller Konsum und Produktion, SDG 13 – Klimaschutzmaßnahmen

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1127/metz/2019/0913 (Zugang: Offen)
https://doi.org/10.15488/10423 (Zugang: Offen)