Global climate variability is to a large extent triggered by changes in the North Atlantic sea surface state. In this project, VITO deals with the impact on urban societies.
Our goals are:
The spatial downscaling will be achieved by means of the UrbClim urban climate model developed in recent years at VITO. Three cities have been selected for mapping: the model will be run on these three cities.
Website: http://naclim.zmaw.de
Number of heat wave days for Almada (left), Berlin (center) and Antwerp (right), average for the period 1985-2005 during June-July-August according to the definition of the EuroHEAT project.