Workplan
The URB-RCC project is divided into four main phases:
Phase 1
- A. Overview of urban effects/parameterization schemes incorporated in high-resolution regional climate models (RCMs) part of CORDEX.
- B. Analysis of available simulations outputs within the community to understand climate change impacts in different big cities across the domains.
- C. Co-developing simulation protocols and criteria for city(ies) selection. Identifying a few (mega)cities for coordinated (convection-permitting) experiments.
Phase 2
- A. Coordinated (convection-permitting) experiments with urban parameterization schemes with different complexities for selected cities, validation with observations.
- B. Identify urban processes needed to be included in RCM simulations in order to sufficiently account for urban effects on high resolution and convection-permitting scales.
Phase 3
- A. Coupling to Chemical Transport Models for selected simulations.
- B. Include urbanization scenarios in selected experiments, particularly for comparison to the effects of climate change.
Phase 4
- A. Coordinated (convection-permitting) experiments with full complex urban effects for selected cities under future scenarios.
- B. Comparison and added value assessment of urban effects in regional/local climate change.
- C. Assessment of knowledge on urban regional climate and climate change impacts, and connection to climate services development for health effects, risk management, city planning, adaptation, mitigation, etc..