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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
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
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]
Der Sommer 2020 – wechselhaft mit historischer Hitzewelle
Tuesday, 29 September 2020Im Allgemeinen fiel der Sommer 2020 in Bochum im Durchschnitt nur leicht zu warm aus. Bezieht man sich auf das Klimamittel 1961 – 1990 der Klimastation LMSS (Ludger-Mintrop-Stadtklima-Station), fiel der Sommer mit einer...[more]
Scientific visit from University College Dublin
Friday, 04 September 2020Two weeks ago, Gerald Mills and Niall Buckley from the University College Dublin, Ireland visited the Urban Climate group for an advisory board meeting on the DFG funded project ENLIGHT and exchange on other ongoing and...[more]
Dr. Susanne Benz bei der Podiumsdiskussion „Planet vor dem Ende? Zwischen Zerstörung und globaler Gestaltung. DIE ERDE IM ANTHROPOZÄN I"
Tuesday, 04 February 2020Dr. Susanne Benz Gastwissenschaftler an der Arbeitsgruppe Urban Climatology nahm am Dienstag, den 28.01.2020 an einer Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema „Erde im Anthropozaen" teil. In Kooperation mit dem...[more]
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