Urban climates and climate change

V Masson, A Lemonsu, J Hidalgo… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Cities are particularly vulnerable to extreme weather episodes, which are expected to
increase with climate change. Cities also influence their own local climate, for example …

City-descriptive input data for urban climate models: Model requirements, data sources and challenges

V Masson, W Heldens, E Bocher, M Bonhomme… - Urban Climate, 2020 - Elsevier
Cities are particularly vulnerable to meteorological hazards because of the concentration of
population, goods, capital stock and infrastructure. Urban climate services require multi …

100 years of progress in forecasting and NWP applications

SG Benjamin, JM Brown, G Brunet… - Meteorological …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Over the past 100 years, the collaborative effort of the international science community,
including government weather services and the media, along with the associated …

[BOOK][B] Towards the “perfect” weather warning: Bridging disciplinary gaps through partnership and communication

B Golding - 2022 - library.oapen.org
This book is about making weather warnings more effective in saving lives, property,
infrastructure and livelihoods, but the underlying theme of the book is partnership. The book …

How are mixed‐phase clouds mixed?

A Korolev, J Milbrandt - Geophysical Research Letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mixed‐phase clouds are recognized as significant contributors to the modulation of
precipitation and radiation transfer on both regional and global scales. This study is focused …

Planning for spectator thermal comfort and health in the face of extreme heat: The Tokyo 2020 Olympic marathons

JK Vanos, E Kosaka, A Iida, M Yokohari… - Science of The Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The 2020 Olympic Games marathon will be run through the streets of Tokyo on the
mornings of August 2nd and 9th, a time of year that is typically hot, sunny, and humid. Few …

The hectometric modelling challenge: Gaps in the current state of the art and ways forward towards the implementation of 100‐m scale weather and climate models

HW Lean, NE Theeuwes, M Baldauf… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
For a number of years research has been carried out in several centres which has
demonstrated the potential benefits of 100‐m scale models for a range of meteorological …

Utility of thermal remote sensing for evaluation of a high‐resolution weather model in a city

TW Hall, L Blunn, S Grimmond… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Progress in high‐resolution numerical weather prediction (NWP) for urban areas will require
new modelling approaches and extensive evaluation. Here, we exploit land surface …

Integrated urban services: Experience from four cities on different continents

A Baklanov, B Cárdenas, T Lee, S Leroyer, V Masson… - Urban Climate, 2020 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization combined with climate change necessitates new types of urban services
that make best use of science and technology. The Integrated Urban Hydro-Meteorological …

A century of progress in severe convective storm research and forecasting

HE Brooks, CA Doswell III, X Zhang… - Meteorological …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstracts The history of severe thunderstorm research and forecasting over the past century
has been a remarkable story involving interactions between technological development of …