Weather and climate change at urban scales

A joint meeting of the UFM SIG and the Urban Working Group on weather and climate change at urban scales, spanning heat, air quality, convection and numerical weather prediction.

Group photo of participants in a lecture theatre at the University of Reading — Participants at the meeting.

Programme

Monday, January 6

10:30-10:55

Registration and coffee

10:55-11:00

Welcome (Janet Barlow, University of Reading)

11:00-12:00

Keynote: Urban heatwaves and heat related mortality Keynote slides ↗

Clare Heaviside · University of Oxford

Invited talks — 12:00-12:40

Urban Air Quality and overview of SPF Clean Air Programme slides ↗

Matt Hort · Met Office

Thermally driven urban flows slides ↗

Vincent Luo · University of Reading

12:40-14:00

Lunch

Invited talks — 14:00-15:00

Wind and buoyancy driven infiltration in doorways slides ↗

Jake Hacker · Arup

Urban convection slides ↗

Natalie Theeuwes · University of Reading

Modelling urban microclimates slides ↗

Maarten van Reeuwijk · Imperial College

15:00-15:45

Three-minute presentations

15:45-16:30

Coffee and posters

16:30-17:30

Group discussion: Challenges of dealing with weather and climate change at urban scales (Chair: Janet Barlow)

17:30-18:30

Reception

17:45

Committee meeting

18:30

Dinner

Tuesday, January 7

10:00-11:00

Keynote: PALM-4U: a new high-performance urban microscale model Keynote slides ↗

Björn Maronga · University of Hannover

11:00-11:30

Coffee

11:30-12:30

Proposal updates

12:30-14:00

Lunch

Invited talks — 14:00-15:20

Stack effect in high rise buildings in extreme climate conditions slides ↗

Stefano Camelli · WSP

Modelling city scales slides ↗

Steve Herring · DSTL

Urban Numerical Weather Prediction slides ↗

Maggie Hendry · Met Office

Urban air quality – science and policy slides ↗

Claire Holman · IAQM

15:20-16:00

Network news: data portal update; poster prize announcement; future network meetings; final comments (Chair: Zheng-tong Xie)

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