METEK at the International Conference on Urban Climate in Rotterdam

The 12th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC12) is a joint event of the International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC) and the American Meteorological Society (AMS) that brings together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from around the world to share and advance knowledge on urban–climate interactions.

Urban structures enhance turbulence within the atmospheric boundary layer through increased surface roughness and can create channelling effects within the urban canopy. Accurate measurements are essential for understanding these atmospheric processes in detail. We contribute to this research with our advanced measuring instruments. The Doppler lidar Wind Ranger 200 in combination with the Wind Ranger BL, provides 3D wind profile measurements from the surface to the top of the urban boundary layer. The narrow 10° zenith angle of both Doppler lidars makes them ideally suited for operation in complex urban terrain with obstacles such as tall buildings and trees. In our oral presentation, we demonstrated how the pulsed Doppler lidar Wind Ranger BL and the continuous-wave Doppler lidar Wind Ranger 200 can be used together, and we presented results from measurements in a street canyon. We also introduced with a poster presentation the uSonic-3 MP Multi-Path ultrasonic anemometers, designed for optimal wind and turbulence measurements suitable in urban environments.

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