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Meteorology and Environment in Aviation

A Blog of the ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Tag: urban heat island

Spray mist cooling of open spaces

Once again, it’s Hot in the city! with yesterday’s air temperatures above 30 °C across Switzerland and exceeding 34 °C in Basel. Cities struggle with this excessive heat and are exploring ways to protect their citizens and make the outdoor spaces more pleasant. We have already written about the exciting outdoor spray mist cooling pilot […]

31.07.2024 I. Suter
Kategorie: Meteorology & Climate

Update: Urban climate network of Zurich

Almost exactly 4 years ago, we started planning an urban climate measurement network for Zurich together with meteoblue AG as part of an Innosuisse project. If we had known at the time how much work it would take to set up and maintain such a measuring network, we would probably have left it alone. Fortunately, […]

03.04.2023 spiu
Kategorie: Meteorology & Climate

One ring to cool them all?

Passersby strolling across Turbinenplatz in Zurich these days, are treated with an unusual sight: A construction made of wood, strings and a metallic ring , hovering a few meters above ground and spraying a fine mist into the air, creating a cloud-like image. It is an installation by the city of Zurich, inteded to bring […]

08.07.2022 dros
Kategorie: Meteorology & Climate

Planning a Measurement Network for Urban Temperatures in Winterthur

Our group has been running an uniquely dense temperature and humidity measurement network in the city of Zurich between 2019 and early 2022, as you might remember from our blogpost from 2020. In early 2022, the non-automatically reporting stations were removed from the wild and the automatic ones are still out there gathering useful information […]

31.05.2022 Stefan Fluck
Kategorie: Meteorology & Climate
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