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Geomatics’challenge:“ManyclimateimpactmodellersaresimplynotabletohandletheamountofdatageneratedbyGCM-RCMsimulations(Wilcke &Lars,2016).”
Dataformat:NetCDF-4FileswithHDF5NetCDF isasetofSWlibrariesandmachine-independentdataformatsthatsupportthecreation,accessandsharingofarray-orientedscientificdata.UsesHD5Fasdatastoragelayer.
Projection:FalseNorthPoleRotatedGrid
CF-1.4convention
Datavolumeandlarge#offiles:4variables:900GBinformof1200files(eachonecontainsentiredomain,5years– dailydata)
UrbanizationandPopulationBoomInparallelwithclimatechange,wearewitnessingapopulationboomandthevastmajoritywillconcentrateinlargemetropolitanagglomerations.In2007,firsttimeinhistory,theurbanpopulationexceededtheruralone.Therefore,thehumankindbecamepredominantlyurbanbased.Thenumberofruraldwellershasbeengrowingsince1950anditisprojectedtoreachitspeakinnearfuture(UN,2014).In2014,about3.9billionpeople,representing54%ofglobalpopulation,wereurbandwellers.Halfoftheurbanpopulationresidesinsmallagglomerationsuptohalfmillioninhabitants.Roughlyoneofeighturbandwellersisaninhabitantofamegacity(settlementswithpopulationof10millionormore).Thenumberofmegacitiesnearlytripledsince1990.Currently,wehave28megacitiesontheplanet,andtheyarehometo453millionsofpeople.Itisprojectedthatbyyear2030therewillbe41megacitiesontheEarth.Theprojectionssaythatby2050theurbansystemswillbehometo66%ofglobalpopulation,representing6.3billonurbandwellers(UN,2014).
ClimatechangeandcitiesUrbansystemsactasimportanteconomichubsand,assuch,theyareverydemandingonresources.Globally,theenergyconsumptionofurbanagglomerationsisupto80%ofthetotalenergyproduction,whichrepresentsapproximately71–76%ofglobalCO2emissions(UN,2014).Thisillustratestheimportantroleofurbanareasasdriversofglobalwarming.Theurbanizedareasarenotonlymajordriversofclimatechange,butsimultaneouslytheyarehotspotsofvariousdisasterrisks,whichmakethemespeciallyvulnerabletochainreactions(WEF,2015).Climatechangehasmajoreconomicconsequencesinformofreductioninlabourproductivity,disruptionoftransportsystemsandsignificantlossesinenergyproductionanditssupplychains(Confalonierietal.,2007).
CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPACTSON THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN URBAN SYSTEMS
Marek SmidNOVA IMS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
1. Confalonieri,U.,Menne,B.,Akhtar,R.,Ebi,K.L.,Hauengue,M.,Kovats,R.S.,...&Woodward,A.(2007).Humanhealth.Climatechange2007:impacts,adaptationandvulnerability:contributionofWorkingGroupIItothefourthassessmentreportoftheIntergovernmentalPanelonClimateChange.
2. Donat,M.G.,Alexander,L.V.,Yang,H.,Durre,I.,Vose,R.,&Caesar,J.(2013).Globalland-baseddatasetsformonitoringclimaticextremes.BulletinoftheAmericanMeteorologicalSociety,94(7),997–1006
3. UnitedNations,DepartmentofEconomicandSocialAffairsPopulationDivision(2014).WorldUrbanizationProspects:The2014Revision,Highlights(ST/ESA/SER.A/352).
4. Wilcke,R.A.,&Bärring,L.(2016).Selectingregionalclimatescenariosforimpactmodellingstudies.EnvironmentalModelling&Software,78,191-201.
5. WorldEconomicForum(WEF).(2015).GlobalRisks2015.10thEdition.
References
METHODOLOGY
Subset:Thisprocedureleadstosubselectofthemodelsfromensembleofsimulations.Theresultingsubsetmaintainsthemodelspreadregardingthevariabilitypresentinentireinputensemble.Themethodenhancesthequalityoftheensemblebyreducingthepossiblebiasintheoriginalfullsetofsimulations.TheothermainadvantageofapplyingsuchamethodologyrepresentsthereductionofthecomputationalcostofallthefollowingoperationsInnutshell,themethodutilizestheindexofinnervariability.Thesubsequentclusteranalysisclassifieseachmemberoftheoriginalensembleintogroupsbasedontheirsimilarity.Infinalstep,thosegroupsaresampledinordertoobtainsubsetofthefullsetofsimulations.
Downscaling:Intheattempttocontributeonassessmentoffutureclimatechangeatcitylevelthisstudyexploresdownscalingtechniques.Fromtwowidefamilies,thestatisticaldownscalingispreferredduetoconstraintsontimeandfinancialresourcesofdynamicalmodels.Amongavailablegroupsofstatisticaldownscalingprocedures,theregressionmethodswereselectedmainlyfortheirabilitytoemploythefullrangeofavailablepredictorvariables.
Climateindices:Furthermore,weproposetocomputeseveralclimaticindicesprovidingtheinformationrelatedextremetemperatureandprecipitationeventsoccurrence,suchasthoseproposedbytheExpertTeamonClimateChangeDetectionandIndices(ETCCDI).Furthermore,weproposetocomputeseveralclimaticindicesprovidingtheinformationrelatedextremetemperatureandprecipitationeventsoccurrence,suchasthoseproposedbytheExpertTeamonClimateChangeDetectionandIndices(ETCCDI).Thoseindicesrepresentthetooltobetterquantifyobservedchangeinclimate,particularlyofitsmoreextremeaspects.Hence,climateindicesallowustobuildaclearpictureoflong-termvariabilityofextremes(Donat etal.,2013).
Context Challenges
Scientificpublications:1. Downscalingclimateprojections:adiscussionoftechniquesforimpactstudiesinurbanareas2. ClimatechangepatternsofextremeprecipitationandtemperaturefromEURO-CORDEXsubset3. ExtremeheatrelatedCCimpactassessmentbasedonstatisticallydownscaledclimateindices
Themainscientificcontributionisthedevelopmentofanewdownscalingclimatemodel,specificallytailoredforurbanenvironment,providingfutureclimatescenarios(withfocusonprojectionsofextremeevents)infine(city-level)spatial-temporalscale.ThismodelwillbedevelopedfullywithopensourcetechnologyandcomplementedwithdocumentationinordertobeintegratedintotheOpenCityToolkit.
Anotherexpectedresultisaninventoryofimportantinfrastructuresandassetsofthetargetareaofthecasestudy(Lisbonmetropolitanarea)informofadetailedharmonizeddatabase.Furthermore,thecataloguedinfrastructuresandassetstogetherwiththeexposuremapswillbepublishedviaaWebGIS platform,thusavailableforallthestakeholdersandgeneralpublic.
Results
Theurbanplannersrepresenttheprimaryusergroupoftheresultsofthisproject.Theforeseendeliverableswillserveasadecisionmakingsupportmaterialinfieldsofurbanplanning,CCimpactadaptationandmitigationstrategies,publichealth,energysectorandpreservationofculturalheritage.Notonlythestakeholdersfromprivatesector(e.g.insurancecompanies,developersorrealestateentrepreneurs),buttheindividualcitizensaswell,willbeabletobenefitfromthisresearch.Atlastbutnotatleast,alsothescientificcommunity,namelytheurbanclimatemodellerscanusethisstudyasabasisfortheirownfurtherresearch.
Impact
Actions
Theresultingmethodisadjustabletoanyurbansystemandforthewiderangeofclimatechangeinducednaturalhazards.Duetoitslowcomputationalcostandonlymoderaterequirementsintermsofscientificandtechnologicalexpertisethemethod,whenappliedinothermetropolitanareas,mayserveasabasisforcomparisons.Henceallowsforjudgmentsathigher(e.g.stateorregional)scale.Byincorporatingtheothervariablesandindicesmanyotheraspectsoffutureclimatebehaviourscanbeassessed.TheWebGIS platformcanbelinkedtoEarlyWarningSystems(EWSs)ifthosewouldbeavailableintheparticularmunicipality.ThevalueofthetoolcanbeenhancedbydeeperintegrationwithESR08,particularlybyfusionofthethermalandtheairqualityinformation.
ScalingUp
Consortium
ThecontributorsgratefullyacknowledgefundingfromtheEuropeanUnionthroughtheGEO-Cproject(H2020-MSCA-ITN-2014,GrantAgreementNumber642332,
http://www.geo-c.eu/).
Acknowledgements
1stPCs(LVD)1x1km
PCA
Regression- Kriging
Downscaleto1x1km
Evaluationofgoodnessoffitofdownscalingmodel(MODISandmeteorologicaldata(40yearsperiod)
Analysebias;comparePDFs,useTaylorsdiagramstodocumentskillofreproducingthevariabilityofT,Tx,Tn
AnalyzepatternsofmeanT,Tx,Tnforfutureperiods:2041– 2070+2071– 2100(forextendedwarmperiods:May,June,July,August,September)
Spatio-temporalexponentialvariograms(by30years)
LocalDescriptionVariables(LVD)• LatandLong• Elevation,slope,etc.• 6LULC• Distancetocoastandcitycentre,
etc.
EURO-CORDEX12.5km
Meteorologicaldata EURO-CORDEX
• Multi– modelensemble• Res:0.11(approx.12.5km)
Variablesofinterest:
• Near-surfaceairT(2m)• Precipitation• Relativehumidity• Globalradiation
SatellitetemperaturedataMODIS– res1x1km,LandSurfaceTemperature,daily
LandUse/LandCoverdataLand use/LandCover(LULC)classification:
• DerivedfromLANDYNresearchproject• Projectionsfor2020,2030,2040• Resolution:1x1km
ElevationdataSRTM(availableinres:30m,90m,1km)
CorineLandCover:
• Resolution:100m,250m
• Year2012
Dataontheimportantcityassetsandinfrastructures:
buildings,subwaynetwork,railwaynetwork,ports,airports,telecommunicationinfrastructure,waterpipelines,sewagenetwork,electricgrid,gaspipelines,powerplants,industry,culturalheritage,sport&leisurefacilities,etc.
SNIRH ECA&D
E-OBSDatabank-InternationalSurfaceTemperatureInitiativeRef.per.:1961-2000
Impact assessmentDiscussexposureofpopulatedareasandvarious
infrastructures,culturalheritage,geomedicine,etc.
WebGIS platform(includingharmonized
database of cityassessts and
infrastructures)
1 2 3 4 5Sub– Setting
ofClimateMME
Combiningthesubset
Datapre-processing
Index Description Units
HWMId HeatWaveMagnitudeIndexDaily ranking
Intensitycategory:
DTR– Diurinaltemperaturerange Meandifferencebetweendailymaximumanddailyminimumtemperature
°C
Durationcategory:
ECAHWFI (WSDI) Warmspelldaysindexwrt90thpercentileofreferenceperiod
#ofdays
Frequencycategory:
TX90p- Warmdays ShareofdayswhenTmax>90thpercentile
%ofdays
TN90p- Warmnights ShareofdayswhenTmin>90percentile
%ofdays
SUBSET DOWNSCALING
DOWNSCALING
T
tLat.Long.JAN1
DEC31
12x12x365x70x10=1.3x1015
DATA
CLIMATEINDICES
GENERALMETHODOLOGY