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Urban Climate Simulator launch event

3 October 2024

14:00 - 15:00 (UTC/GMT +02:00 - Europe / Brussels)

Registrations are closed

In this webinar, VITO will present the Urban Climate Simulator, the online on-demand service that provides high-resolution (100 m) urban climate data. Besides hourly data also processed indicators as temperature percentiles, number of tropical nights, number of heat-wave days, heat stress indicators, cooling degree days, ... are provided for uptake inside urban climate action and/or research works. The webinar will include a demonstration of the service as well as 2 use case presentations. Finally, the engine of the service, the UrbClim urban climate model, will be presented by its inventor.

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Agenda:

  • Welcome and introduction
  • Use of urban climate data by Nicholas Jones (Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery at the World Bank)
  • Demonstration of the Urban Climate Simulator by Niels Souverijns
  • From data to information by Niels Souverijns
  • UrbClim, the model engine, explained by Koen De Ridder
  • Future outlook by Filip Lefebre
  • Q&A

Visit the Urban Climate Simulator website

Details

Start: 3 October 2024
14:00 (UTC/GMT +02:00 - Europe / Brussels)
End: 3 October 2024
15:00 (UTC/GMT +02:00 - Europe / Brussels)
VITO NV

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