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• Applied by TU Vienna, University of Friburg and others
WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting Model)
• Developed by the National Center of Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
• Mesoscale, numerical weather prediction model, which also can be used for climate modeling
• Nested to global circulation model ECHAM5/MPI-OM http://www.mpimet.
mpg.de/en/science/models/echam.html
• Open source, code downloadable from the web
• http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/
• http://www.wrf-model.org/index.php
• Applied by KIT, Germany
Statistical downscaling approach
• Using STREAM 1 simulations from ESEMBLES-Project (http://www.ensembles- eu.org/)
• Methodology and forcing that were defined by CMIP3 simulations contributing
to IPCC AR4; CMIP3 (Coupled model Intercomparison Project)
• http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/about_ipcc.php
• Applied by ARPA-Emilia Romagna, Italy
Micro-Climatic Model RayMan to assess climate change on city scale
• Boundary conditions from ENSEMBLE model RT2B (http://ensembles-eu.metoffice.com) and REMO regional climate model (http://www.remo-rcm.de)
• Calculation of the Physiological Equivalent Temperature (PET)
• RayMan: calculation of short- and long-wave radiation fluxes affecting the
human body and takes complex urban structures into account
• calculated mean radiant temperature, required for the human energy balance
• meteorological and thermo-physiological data as input
• open source: http://www.mif.uni-freiburg.de/rayman/intro.htm
• Applied by University of Freiburg
SURFEX combined with TEB (Town Energy Model)
• SURFEX (Surface Externalisée) is the surface modelling platform developed by
Meteo-France
• computes averaged fluxes for momentum, sensible and latent heat for each surface
grid box → boundary condition for meteorological model
• input land cover information from ECOCLIMAP database
• TEB: computes energy balance considering canyon concept
• ALADIN-Climate RCM as atmospheric forcing
• http://www.cnrm-game.fr/spip.php?article145&lang=en
• Applied by Hungarian Meteorological Service
Regional Climate Model RegCM (http://users.ictp.it/RegCNET/regcm.pdf)
• Boundary conditions from GCM CNRM-CM5 (http://www.enes.org/models/
earthsystem-models/cnrm-cerfacs/cnrm-cm5)
J. Fallmann et al.
• Applied by TU Vienna, University of Friburg and others
WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting Model)
• Developed by the National Center of Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
• Mesoscale, numerical weather prediction model, which also can be used for climate modeling
• Nested to global circulation model ECHAM5/MPI-OM http://www.mpimet.
mpg.de/en/science/models/echam.html
• Open source, code downloadable from the web
• http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/
• http://www.wrf-model.org/index.php
• Applied by KIT, Germany
Statistical downscaling approach
• Using STREAM 1 simulations from ESEMBLES-Project (http://www.ensembles- eu.org/)
• Methodology and forcing that were defined by CMIP3 simulations contributing
to IPCC AR4; CMIP3 (Coupled model Intercomparison Project)
• http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/about_ipcc.php
• Applied by ARPA-Emilia Romagna, Italy
Micro-Climatic Model RayMan to assess climate change on city scale
• Boundary conditions from ENSEMBLE model RT2B (http://ensembles-eu.metoffice.com) and REMO regional climate model (http://www.remo-rcm.de)
• Calculation of the Physiological Equivalent Temperature (PET)
• RayMan: calculation of short- and long-wave radiation fluxes affecting the
human body and takes complex urban structures into account
• calculated mean radiant temperature, required for the human energy balance
• meteorological and thermo-physiological data as input
• open source: http://www.mif.uni-freiburg.de/rayman/intro.htm
• Applied by University of Freiburg
SURFEX combined with TEB (Town Energy Model)
• SURFEX (Surface Externalisée) is the surface modelling platform developed by
Meteo-France
• computes averaged fluxes for momentum, sensible and latent heat for each surface
grid box → boundary condition for meteorological model
• input land cover information from ECOCLIMAP database
• TEB: computes energy balance considering canyon concept
• ALADIN-Climate RCM as atmospheric forcing
• http://www.cnrm-game.fr/spip.php?article145&lang=en
• Applied by Hungarian Meteorological Service
Regional Climate Model RegCM (http://users.ictp.it/RegCNET/regcm.pdf)
• Boundary conditions from GCM CNRM-CM5 (http://www.enes.org/models/
earthsystem-models/cnrm-cerfacs/cnrm-cm5)
J. Fallmann et al.