Working Group 1: Urban wind field

under COST 715:
Meteorology applied to Urban Air Pollution Problems


Chairperson: Mathias Rotach (CH)
Members: Ekaterina Batchvarova (BG), Ruwim Berkowicz (DK), Josef Brechler (CR), Zbynek Janour (CR), Petra Kastner-Klein (CH) , Ewa Krajny (PL), Emilia Georgieva (BG), Doug Middleton (GB), Leszek Osrodka (PL), Viktor Prior (PT), Christian Sacre (F), Cecilia Soriano (E)

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An adress list is available as pdf-file. A photo of nearly all members, was taken during the second working group meeting in Roskilde, January 2000.

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Please download the proceedings of the

Workshop on Urban Boundary Layer Parameterisations

held in Zurich, May 24/25 2001. This workshop was organised by WG1 in collaboration with WG2.

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The tasks of working group 1 are described below. The text is structured in

Goals

Methods

Plans

Meetings


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We try to present there the most recent but not always complete and perfect material.

Goals

Review and evaluate methods to describe and parameterise the wind field over urban areas from routine meteorological observations:

near-surface conditions (roughness sublayer)
profile throughout the UBL
possibly: distinction between different locations within a city
recommendations on what /how Met. Services (and others) should measure in urban areas

Methods

Review existing methods (theories) for the specific goals above

identify existing data sets for the specific goals above
identify new data sets
develop general semi-empirical relationships for the description of the UWF and related parameters

Plans

In the longer term, seeking new directions for developing a theory for the urban wind profile
Evaluation of the role of alternative tools such as numerical models or remote sensing techniques

Meetings

The first working group meeting took place on June 28/29, 1999 in Zurich, CH. Minutes as pdf-file.
The second working group meeting took place on January 19/20, 2000 in Roskilde, DK. Minutes as pdf-file.
The third working group meeting was held December 6-8, 2000 in Greenwich, UK. Minutes as pdf-file.
The spring meeting in 2001 was devoted to the

Workshop on Urban Boundary Layer Parameterisations

held in Zurich, May 24/25 2001. This workshop was organised by WG1 in collaboration with WG2. Please download the proceedings if you are interested. They will be published soon by the European commission.

The fourth working group meeting took place on October 4, 2001 Toulouse, F. Minutes as pdf-file.
The fifth working group meeting took place on April 10/11, 2002 in Rome, I. Minutes as pdf-file.


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last modified: 16.09.2002, Mathias Rotach