Application of the UTCI in High-Resolution Urban Climate Modeling Techniques

Authors: Jan Geletič, Michal Lehnert, Jaroslav Resler, Pavel Krč
Publication year: 2021
Publication type: Kapitola v monografii
Periodical: Applications of the Universal Thermal Climate Index UTCI in Biometeorology
Projects: Urbanization of weather forecast, air-quality prediction and climate scenarios for Prague
Bibliographic citation: GELETIČ, Jan, LEHNERT, Michal, RESLER, Jaroslav, KRČ, Pavel. Application of the UTCI in High-Resolution Urban Climate Modeling Techniques. In: KRÜGER, E. L., ed. Applications of the Universal Thermal Climate Index UTCI in Biometeorology. Cham: Springer, 2021, S. 177-191. Biometeorology. ISBN 978-3-030-76715-0
Dostupné z: doi:10.1007/978-3-030-76716-7_9
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-76716-7_9
ID: 538819

Abstract

Urban population is affected by many processes typical for urban landscapes. Spatial patterns of physical, social, behavioral and environmental elements of urban environments and their interactions with human beings have been therefore gaining interest of scholars as well as politicians and local actors for decades. The combination of climate change, growing urban population and increasing computing capabilities opens up space for new areas of spatial analyses in urban environments—among them analyses of human thermal comfort. Consequently, modeling of thermal exposure as a cardinal factor of thermal comfort in real outdoor urban environments represents a pending and challenging task for urban climate research.