Urban Climate

Urban climate simulation of “Zurich West”

• Objective:
  • Impact analysis of selected heat mitigation strategies in Kreis 5 (Zürich West) through simulation
• Funding: City of Zurich

Urban heat network

• Objectives:
  • Developing and maintaining a network of RH and T sensors, 
  • Tracking landscape influence on temperature and RH distribution in Zurich
  • Using Artificial Intelligence for ultralocal temperature forecasts
• Funding: InnoSuisse
• Partners: Sensirion, Meteoblue, ewz, VBZ, ZHAW

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Urban air quality

SLED: Spatio-temporal LDSA model development

• Objectives: Working between two main anthropogenic sources of PM emissions:  residential activities and road traffic​
  • Assess PM dispersion as LDSA – through measurements​
  • Spatio-temporally model LDSA:​
  • Assess effectiveness of two model approaches​
  • Estimate emission strengths and temporal profiles​
  • Outline considerations for developing a robust model​
• Funding: Federal office of the Environment
• Partners: naneos particle solutions gmbh

CLEANAIR

• Objectives:
  • Competency building in air quality modelling
  • Downscaling EDGAR emission inventory to finer scale based on emitting sectors
  • Validation of downscaled emissions, comparing WRF-Chem output against measurement data in Switzerland
  • Estimation and improvement of 3D aviation emission inventory
• Funding: ZHAW School of Engineering
• Partners: ZHAW IDP

COVIDAIR

• Objectives:
  • Analysis of local air quality during COVID19 lockdown period in Switzerland
  • Attempting to attribute reductions in pollutants to various contributors (air traffic, road traffic, background)
  • Maintaining a novel sensor network measuring LDSA data in the greater Zurich area
• Funding: ZHAW School of Engineering
• Partners: naneos particle solutions gmbh, City of Zurich, AWEL, Axpo

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