Development of a new urban climate model based on the model PALM – Project overview, planned work, and first achievements

authored by: Björn Maronga, Günter Gross, Siegfried Raasch, Sabine Banzhaf, Renate Forkel, Wieke Heldens, Farah Kanani-Sühring, Andreas Matzarakis, Matthias Mauder, Dirk Pavlik, Jens Pfafferott, Sebastian Schubert, Gunther Seckmeyer, Heiko Sieker, Kristina Winderlich
Abstract: In this article we outline the model development planned within the joint project Model-based city planning and application in climate change (MOSAIK). The MOSAIK project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) within the framework Urban Climate Under Change ([UC]²) since 2016. The aim of MOSAIK is to develop a highly-efficient, modern, and high-resolution urban climate model that allows to be applied for building-resolving simulations of large cities such as Berlin (Germany). The new urban climate model will be based on the well-established large-eddy simulation code PALM, which already has numerous features related to this goal, such as an option for prescribing Cartesian obstacles. In this article we will outline those components that will be added or modified in the framework of MOSAIK. Moreover, we will discuss the everlasting issue of acquisition of suitable geographical information as input data and the underlying requirements from the model's perspective.
Organisation(s): Institute of Meteorology and Climatology
External Organisation(s): University of Bergen (UiB)
Freie Universität Berlin (FU Berlin)
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
Offenburg University
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin)
German Aerospace Center (DLR) (e.V.) Location Oberpfaffenhofen
GEO-NET Umweltconsulting GmbH
Ingenieursgesellschaft Prof. Dr. Sieker mbH
Type: Article
Journal: Meteorologische Zeitschrift
Volume: 28
Pages: 105-119
No. of pages: 15
ISSN: 0941-2948
Publication date: 21.06.2019
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Atmospheric Science
Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 13 - Climate Action
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1127/metz/2019/0909 (Access: Open)
https://doi.org/10.15488/11781 (Access: Open)