Original paper
Development of a new urban climate model based on the model PALM – Project overview, planned work, and first achievements
Maronga, Björn; Gross, Günter; Raasch, Siegfried; Banzhaf, Sabine; Forkel, Renate; Heldens, Wieke; Kanani-Sühring, Farah; Matzarakis, Andreas; Mauder, Matthias; Pavlik, Dirk; Pfafferott, Jens; Schubert, Sebastian; Seckmeyer, Gunther; Sieker, Heiko; Winderlich, Kristina
Meteorologische Zeitschrift Vol. 28 No. 2 (2019), p. 105 - 119
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published: Jun 21, 2019
published online: Feb 6, 2019
manuscript accepted: Dec 23, 2018
manuscript revision received: Dec 23, 2018
manuscript revision requested: Aug 13, 2018
manuscript received: Feb 16, 2018
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Abstract
In this article we outline the model development planned within the joint project Model-based city planning and application in climate change (MOSAIK). The MOSAIK project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) within the framework Urban Climate Under Change ([UC]2) since 2016. The aim of MOSAIK is to develop a highly-efficient, modern, and high-resolution urban climate model that allows to be applied for building-resolving simulations of large cities such as Berlin (Germany). The new urban climate model will be based on the well-established large-eddy simulation code PALM, which already has numerous features related to this goal, such as an option for prescribing Cartesian obstacles. In this article we will outline those components that will be added or modified in the framework of MOSAIK. Moreover, we will discuss the everlasting issue of acquisition of suitable geographical information as input data and the underlying requirements from the model's perspective.
Keywords
urban climate • microscale model • large-eddy simulation • urban chemistry