PřF:ZX601 Urban climatology - Course Information
ZX601 Urban climatology
Faculty of Scienceautumn 2021
- Extent and Intensity
- 4/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Petr Dobrovolný, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Petr Dobrovolný, CSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Petr Dobrovolný, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- SOUHLAS
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/10, only registered: 0/10 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Multidisciplinary studies (programme CST, KOS)
- Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Social Studies (programme CST, KOS)
- Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Science (programme CST, KOS)
- Special Education of Security Bodies (programme FSpS, B-TVS)
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course student should be able to understand fundamental terms on urban climatology and to recognize main factors controlling urban climate. He/she would be able to define main data sources needed for urban climate description and methods for analysis (special purpose in situ measurements, mobile measurements, remote sensing data). Students would be able to apply several methods for estimation of the Urban Heat Island Intensity. He/she should orient in different approaches to mitigate negative effects of UHI or how to adapt.
- Learning outcomes
- Completing the course students will be able:
- to identify main factors controlling urban climate
- to apply various methods used for Urban Heat Islansd Intensity estimate
- to understand main features of spatial and temporal variability of climate in urban environment - to understand the concept of urban climate modelling and the concept of local climate zones - to choose appropriate approaches to mitigate negative effects of recent climate change in the urban environment and to design siutable adaptation strategies - Syllabus
- 1. Motivation to study urban climates, historical overview
- 2. Main factors controlling urban climate (UC), UC scales, layers, energy balance
- 3. The climate of Brno as an example (data, methods, main outcomes)
- 4. Urban heat Island (UHI), UHI types, atmospheric UHI, UHI intensity
- 5. Urban Remote Sensing, surface UHI
- 6. Precipitation in urban areas
- 7. Spatio-temporal variability of other meteorological elements in urban areas
- 8. Local climate zones
- 9. Urban Climate Modelling
- 10. Urban adaptation to climate change
- Literature
- recommended literature
- Grimmond, S. (2006): Progress in measuring and observing the urban atmosphere. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 84:1–2:3–22.
- Arnfield, A. J. (2003): Two decades of urban climate research: a review of turbulence, exchanges
- DOBROVOLNÝ, Petr, Ladislava ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ, Rudolf BRÁZDIL, Lukáš KRAHULA, Pavel ZAHRADNÍČEK, Miloslav HRADIL, Marie DOLEŽELOVÁ, Milan ŠÁLEK, Petr ŠTĚPÁNEK, Jaroslav ROŽNOVSKÝ, Hubert VALÁŠEK, Karel KIRCHNER and Jaromír KOLEJKA. Klima Brna. Víceúrovňová analýza městského klimatu. (The Climate of Brno. Multilevel Analysis of Urban Climate.). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 200 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6029-6. info
- Urban remote sensing : monitoring, synthesis and modeling in the urban environment. Edited by Xiaojun Yang. 1st ed. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, xx, 388. ISBN 9780470749586. info
- Urban ecology : an international perspective on the interaction between humans and nature. Edited by John M. Marzluff. New York, N.Y.: Springer, 2008, xxv, 807. ISBN 9780387734118. info
- not specified
- Oke, T. R. (2006): Towards better scientic communication in urban climate. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 84:1–3:179–190.
- Teaching methods
- Lectures and class discussions
- Assessment methods
- oral exam
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: reading course.
General note: pouze pro zahraniční studenty (Erasmus plus).
- Enrolment Statistics (autumn 2021, recent)
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