Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | GST022231 | |
| Title | UWERN urban meteorology programme | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Renewable Energy Sources(Wind Energy) 10%; Not Energy Related 90%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Architecture and the Built Environment) 25%; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences) 75%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Professor SE Belcher No email address given Meteorology University of Reading |
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| Award Type | 1 | |
| Funding Source | NERC | |
| Start Date | 01 August 1999 | |
| End Date | 31 July 2002 | |
| Duration | 36 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £128,916 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Transport Systems and Vehicles | |
| Region | South East | |
| Programme | Urban Regeneration and the Environment (URGENT) | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Professor SE Belcher , Meteorology, University of Reading (99.998%) |
| Other Investigator | Professor IP (Ian ) Castro , School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton (0.001%) Prof C (Christopher ) Collier , Res Inst for the Built and Human Env, University of Salford (0.001%) |
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| Web Site | ||
| Objectives | Objectives not supplied | |
| Abstract | We propose to investigate how urban areas affect weather, and how weather is felt within an urban area. To do this we shall measure the atmospheric boundary layer above an urban area using Lidar, and wind and temperature characteristics in streets. Further insight will be gained by laboratory simulations of neutral and stable boundary layer flow over model buildings that will show the turbulence structures responsible for mixing air upwards from street level. These experimental studies will help in our development of a canopy model of urban areas, wherein averaged effects of buildings are represented, that would form a basis for air quality models. Simpler models for use in numerical weather prediction will then be developed. | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 24/10/08 | |
