Kick-off Meeting · joint with the DIPLOS workshop
Launch of the Special Interest Group
University of Southampton
The meeting that launched the Special Interest Group, held jointly with the DIPLOS workshop. Day one focused on rough boundary layers, air quality and dispersion modelling; day two broadened to other urban projects and a breakout discussion that first defined the group’s challenge areas.
Programme
Day 1 — March 30, 2017: Rough Boundary Layers and Air Quality
10:45-11:00
Welcome
Invited talks: The DIPLOS project (Chair: David Thomson) — 11:00-12:00
Alan Robins, Paul Hayden · University of Surrey
Vladimir Fuka · University of Southampton
Denise Hertwig, Torsten Auerswald · University of Reading
12:00-13:00
Discussion 1: The Urban Fluids SIG (Chairs: Maarten van Reeuwijk, Z Tong Xie)
13:00-14:00
Lunch (B38 Hartley Suite, Hartley Lounge)
14:00-15:00
Keynote: Fast-response urban dispersion modeling Keynote
Mike Brown · Los Alamos
15:00-15:30
Break
Invited talks: Dispersion modelling (Chair: Tim Foat) — 15:30-16:30
Lionel Soulhac · Ecole Central Lyon
Magnus Vartdal · FFI
Steven Herring · DSTL
16:30-17:30
David Carruthers · CERC
17:30-19:00
UFM Committee Meeting (Building 38, John Roberts Room)
19:00-21:00
Dinner (Building 38 Hartley Suite, Hartley Lounge)
Day 2 — March 31, 2017: Broader Issues
09:15-10:15
Bernd Leitl · Hamburg
Invited talks: Other urban projects (Chair: Gabriel Rooney) — 10:15-11:00
Paul Linden · Cambridge
Xiaoming Cai · Birmingham
Maarten van Reeuwijk · Imperial
11:00-11:30
Break
Invited talks: Other urban projects (Chair: Alison Tomlin) — 11:30-12:30
The next challenges for wind microclimate assessments in the UK
Daniel Hackett · RWDI
Overview on Met Office urban work
Sylvia Bohnenstengel · Met Office
Bharath Ganapathisubramani · Southampton
Integration of Urban Processes across Scales
Sue Grimmond · Reading
12:30-14:00
Lunch (Building 38 Hartley Suite, Hartley Lounge)
14:00-15:45
Discussion 2: Outlook (Part 1 & Part 2) — Building 46 (Rooms 2005, 2003)
15:45-16:00
Closing remarks