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Urban Climatology
Department of Geography
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
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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
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
STELLENAUSSCHREIBUNG STUDENTISCHE (SHK) ODER WISSENSCHAFTLICHE HILFSKRAFT (WHK)
Monday, 22 March 2021Im Geographischen Institut der Ruhr-Universität Bochum ist in der AG Stadtklimatologie von Prof. Dr. Benjamin Bechtel eine Stelle als studentische (8 Std./Woche) oder wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft (7 Std./Woche) (m/w/d) ab dem...[more]
ENLIGHT - ENabling the anaLysIs of Global urban HeaT – New project website
Monday, 01 February 2021The research project ENLIGHT aims at developing a consistent and generic methodology that enables a globally consistent analysis of urban heat islands. In order to achieve this goal, both satellite earth observation and...[more]
Guest PhD Liu Zihan from Nanjing University
Tuesday, 08 December 2020Liu Zihan, PhD Student at Nanjing University in China, started his stay at the Urban Climate Group on 1st December. He will stay in Bochum for six months. His research focuses on thermal remote sensing and surface urban heat...[more]
New Paper: Meteorological controls on daily variations of nighttime surface urban heat islands
Tuesday, 08 December 2020A new research paper, co-authored by Benjamin Bechtel from the Urban Climate Group, was published at the end of November. You can find the article here. Abstract Most previous studies of surface urban heat...[more]
Master-Kurs Crowdsourcing von Lufttemperatur mit Fahrrädern
Friday, 02 October 2020Im Sommersemester fand der Master-Kurs Crowdsourcing von Lufttemperaturen mit Fahrrädern unter Corona-Bedingungen statt. Ziel des Kurses war die Messung und Analyse der Wärmeinsel Bochums mit Hilfe von einem low-cost Sensoren-Set...[more]
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