Urban Multi-scale Environmental Predictor (UMEP): An integrated tool for city-based climate services

• Published in: Environmental modelling & software : with environment data news Vol. 99; pp. 70 - 87
• Main Authors: Lindberg, Fredrik, Grimmond, C.S.B., Gabey, Andrew, Huang, Bei, Kent, Christoph W., Sun, Ting, Theeuwes, Natalie E., Järvi, Leena, Ward, Helen C., Capel-Timms, I., Chang, Yuanyong, Jonsson, Per, Krave, Niklas, Liu, Dongwei, Meyer, D., Olofson, K. Frans G., Tan, Jianguo, Wästberg, Dag, Xue, Lingbo, Zhang, Zhe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2018; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Atmospheric models; buildings; cities; climate; Climate change; Climate change mitigation; Climate models; cold; Cold waves; Computer simulation; computer software; decision making; energy; Energy consumption; Green buildings; Green infrastructure; heat; heat emissions; Heat risk; Heat waves; Human influences; humans; Meteorologi och atmosfärsvetenskap; meteorological data; Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences; Multidisciplinary Geosciences; Multidisciplinär geovetenskap; Naturgeografi; Open source software; Physical Geography; QGIS; researchers; Runoff; Solar energy; Source code; Thermal comfort; Thermal stress; urban areas; Urban climate services; Urban environments; wind; Heat risk; Green infrastructure; QGIS; Urban climate services; Solar energy

UMEP (Urban Multi-scale Environmental Predictor), a city-based climate service tool, combines models and tools essential for climate simulations. Applications are presented to illustrate UMEP's potential in the identification of heat waves and cold waves; the impact of green infrastructure on r...