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Urban Climatology
Department of Geography
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Postal
Universitätsstraße 150
44801 Bochum, Germany
Group office
Sigrid Block
IA 6/99
Office Hours: Mon - Fri 09:00 - 15:00
Phone: +49 (0) 234 32 - 24244
Teaching Matters
Heike Pientka-Noll
IA 6/123
Office hours: Mon - Fri 9:30 - 12:30
Phone: +49 (0) 234 32 - 28313
Climatology group
We are interested in the climate system and its links to human activities. In particular we investigate local and microscale effects in extraordinary and extreme environments such as cities, caves, and mountain tops. Our research interests include:
Urban climates
- Remote sensing of urban climates
- A global database of form and function of cities
- Crowd sourcing of urban environments and smart city
- Applied urban climatology and climate adaption
Climates Of Extreme Locations
- ground-based measurements and satellite-based remote sensing
- numerical models and dynamical downscaling
- subway climatology and climatology of glacial caves and mines
- climatology of mountain tops
Current events and announcements
Announcement: Diana Northup's presentation in the colloquium next week
Wednesday, 16 October 2019Cave scienctist Diana Northup from the University of New Mexico will visit the Ruhr-University Bochum next week. She will do two presentations: one in the master colloquium on Tuesday, 22nd of October at 4:15 pm and another in...[more]
Announcement: Panagiotis Sismanidis' presentation in the master colloquium on 15th of October
Friday, 20 September 2019Greek Scientist Panagiotis Sismanidis from the Institue for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing of the National Observatory of Athens will visit the Urban Climate group in October. During his stay he...[more]
Bucharest Urban Climate Summer School 2019
Monday, 16 September 2019Vom 02. bis 06. September 2019 war die Arbeitsgruppe Stadtklimatologie der Ruhr-Universität Bochum Mitveranstalter der Bucharest Urban Climate Summer School. Diese wurde vom Research Institute of the University of Bucharest...[more]
International visiting scientist Gerald Mills from Dublin
Friday, 28 June 2019This Tuesday Gerald Mills, Associate Professor at the University College Dublin and former president of the International Association for Urban Climate, visited the climate group for 4 days. During his visit, he gave a...[more]
Invitation to submit to "Urban Climate Informatics" Session at AGU 2019
Friday, 28 June 2019The American Geophysical Union (AGU) annual Fall meeting is a premier gathering of 25,000 scientists and decision-makers from more than 100 countries. Together with Dr. Ariane Middel (Arizona State University, USA), RUB Scientist...[more]
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