Within the scope of URBANIA the influence of the development of outlying districts and urban growth on the urban heat island of the city of Vienna shall be investigated.We suggest a multiscale modelling approach based on the coupling of the mesoscale model WRF with the microscale model TEB. Based on urban development and climate change scenarios the influence of urban growth, urban planning in conjunction with climate change on the climate of the central districts of Vienna will be simulated.

Project Leader: Weihs Philipp, Institute of Meteorology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU)
Duration: 01.06.2016-30.11.2018
Programme: Austrian Climate Research Programme (ACRP) – Individual Project (KR15AC8K12615)
Type of Research: Applied Research
Project partner: City of Vienna/MA 22, Dresdner Str. 45, 1200 Wien, Austria.
Subcontractor: Valéry Masson, Metéo France
BOKU Team: Formayer Herbert, Gützer Christian, Mursch-Radlgruber Erich, Nadeem Imran
Oswald Sandro, Revesz Michael, Trimmel Heidelinde (heidelinde.trimmel@boku.ac.at)

Funded by: Klima- und Energiefonds, Gumpendorferstrasse 5/22, 1060 Wien, Austria