This study compares CO2 fluxes from 8 measurement towers in European cities between the lockdown and data from the previous years. Previously, in the URCLIM project, the urban climate model TEB was improved to be able to simulate the CO2 fluxes using the previous years measurements of one of these towers, in Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland.…Continue reading A new ICOS study has shown a reduction of CO2 emission during the Covid-19 lockdown
Author: Yasmina Beddar
URCLIM Flash News – April 2020
THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY REMAINS ACTIVE DURING THE LOCKDOWN Due to the exceptional context the world is dealing with, the URCLIM team is still managing activities while teleworking since March 2020. Such activities cannot be put on hold since urban climate information provide core elements for public health policies. As specified by the World Meteorological Organisation,…Continue reading URCLIM Flash News – April 2020
City-descriptive input data for urban climate models: Model requirements, data sources and challenges, in Urban Climate, vol.31
Abstract Cities are particularly vulnerable to meteorological hazards because of the concentration of population, goods, capital stock and infrastructure. Urban climate services require multi-disciplinary and multi-sectorial approaches and new paradigms in urban climate modelling. This paper classifies the required urban input data for both mesoscale state-of-the-art Urban Canopy Models (UCMs) and microscale Obstacle Resolving Models…Continue reading City-descriptive input data for urban climate models: Model requirements, data sources and challenges, in Urban Climate, vol.31
Three steps to pave the way to Urban Climate Services – video
Here is an outreach video shortly describing three important ingredients to pave the way towards European climate services!
Long time series spatialized data for urban climatological studies, in International Journal of Climatolology
Abstract Historically, the urban climate and its interaction with regional environment and larger-scale meteorological phenomena have been studied by comparing weather stations in urban and surrounding rural areas. Nevertheless, spatialized meteorological data are now available with different spatial resolutions, temporal frequencies, and time depths. Here with the Paris area as a case study, three products…Continue reading Long time series spatialized data for urban climatological studies, in International Journal of Climatolology
Urban Climate Services also adresses public health issues.
This is a very short presentation of what kind of topics the URCLIM team members are dealing with day to day. Click on our interactive elements above to learn more!
URCLIM 4th General Assembly
The 4th URCLIM General Asssembly took place in Saint-Mandé on the 26th and 27th of February 2020. The event has been hosted by our partner IGN – National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information. What was it about? This was about the latest research , project activities and results in the field of urban climate…Continue reading URCLIM 4th General Assembly
Climate sensitivity to Land use Changes over the City of Brussels, in Geographica Pannonica, vol. 23.
“Cities have committed to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and implement climate-change adaptation measures. Since, in practice, the planning of adaptation measures is a complex process we explore the maximum potential benefit that can be gained through adaptation measures for the city of Brussels. More specifically, the effect of changes in albedo and vegetation fraction on…Continue reading Climate sensitivity to Land use Changes over the City of Brussels, in Geographica Pannonica, vol. 23.
URCLIM is featured in the January 2020 issue of the JPI Climate magazine
Through its coordinator Valéry MASSON, the URCLIM project and objectives are promoted in the latest issue of the brand new JPI E-Magazine. As a matter of fact, URCLIM is funded out of the JPI Climate initiative. JPI Climate aims at gathering, coordinating and harmonising research practices as well as stimulating innovation in the field of…Continue reading URCLIM is featured in the January 2020 issue of the JPI Climate magazine
