URBAN CLIMATE RESEARCH
IN NOVI SAD (SERBIA)
Erasmus+ lecture at the Department of Geography,
Masaryk University (Brno, Czech Republic)
March, 27-31, 2017
dr Stevan Savić, associate professor
Climatology and Hydrology Researcher Centre,
Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
stevan.savic@dgt.uns.ac.rs
internet portal: clihyd.com
Brno, Czech Republic, 2017
Built-up and UHI patterns in Novi Sad
Local Climate Zones (LCZ)
The advantages of LCZ system are that it is a global classification scheme, with
limited number of classes and the classes are separated by the main thermal
characteristic of the urban surface.
Table of LCZ classification made by Stewart and Oke 2012 (Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 93, 1879-1900)
Built types Land cover types Variable land cover
properties
LCZ 1 – Compact high-rise
LCZ 2 – Compact midrise
LCZ 3 – Compact low-rise
LCZ 4 – Open high-rise
LCZ 5 – Open midrise
LCZ 6 – Open low-rise
LCZ 7 – Lightweight low-rise
LCZ 8 – Large low-rise
LCZ 9 – Sparsely built
LCZ 10 – Heavy industry
LCZ A – Dense trees
LCZ B – Scattered trees
LCZ C – Bush, scrub
LCZ D – Low plants
LCZ E – Bare rock / paved
LCZ F – Bare soil / sand
LCZ G – Water
b – bare trees
s – snow cover
d – dry ground
w – wet ground
LCZs and station sites definition methodology
Definition of LCZs spatial pattern
Building databases
47.000 building (Novi Sad)
vector format (shape files) – footprint, height
Aerial photographs
high resolution, 3-4 spectral band
Topographic maps
Novi Sad – 1:25.000
Road databases
all roads and streets
Definition of LCZs spatial pattern
Corine Land Cover (CLC) database
major land-use types
Satellite images
RapidEye, 5m resolution, atmospheric correction
Definition of LCZs spatial pattern
Sky View Factor (SVF)
describe the radiation balance of the surface and the speed of the cooling at
night
Building height
Definition of LCZs spatial pattern
0.1
0.15
0.2
0.25
0.3
0.35
0.4
0.45
0.5
0.55
0.6
0.65
0.7
0.75
0.8
0.85
0.9
0.95
Surface albedo
describes the short wave radiation reflectance of the surface
Definition of LCZs spatial pattern
Lot area polygon (a building block and
the area belonging to it)
aggregation of lot area polygons
Definition of LCZs spatial pattern
by Stewart and Oke 2012
(Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 93, 1897-1900)
Definition of LCZs spatial pattern
World Urban Database and Access Portal Tools – WUDAPT
using:
Google Earth
Landsat 7
GIS Saga software
Temperature outcomes in Novi Sad
Milošević, D., Savić, S., Unger, J., Gál, T. 2015. Urban climate monitoring system suitability for intraurban
thermal comfort observations in Novi Sad (Serbia) – with 2014 examples. ICUC9 – 9th
International Conference on Urban Climate jointly with 12th Symposium on the Urban Environment,
20th-24th July 2015, Toulouse, France, Extended Abstracts: 6 pp.
Lelovics, E., Unger, J., Savić, S., Gál, T., Milošević, D., Gulyás, Á., Marković, V., Arsenović, D., Gál,
CV. 2016. Intra-urban temperature observations in two Central European cities: a summer study.
Idojaras, 120, 3: 283-300.
Temperature outcomes in Novi Sad
Milošević, D., Savić, S., Unger, J., Gál, T. 2015. Urban climate monitoring system suitability for intraurban
thermal comfort observations in Novi Sad (Serbia) – with 2014 examples. ICUC9 – 9th
International Conference on Urban Climate jointly with 12th Symposium on the Urban Environment,
20th-24th July 2015, Toulouse, France, Extended Abstracts: 6 pp.
Lelovics, E., Unger, J., Savić, S., Gál, T., Milošević, D., Gulyás, Á., Marković, V., Arsenović, D., Gál,
CV. 2016. Intra-urban temperature observations in two Central European cities: a summer study.
Idojaras, 120, 3: 283-300.
T threshold: 90th perc.  ≥ 24.9°C (01.07.2014-30.06.2015)
26,40 26,60 26,80 27,00 27,20 27,40 27,60 27,80 28,00 28,20 28,40 28,60
LCZ2
LCZ3
LCZ5
LCZ6
LCZ9
LCZ8
A
D
T threshold: 10th perc.  ≤ 2.3°C (01.07.2014-30.06.2015)
-3,00 -2,50 -2,00 -1,50 -1,00 -0,50 0,00
LCZ2
LCZ3
LCZ5
LCZ6
LCZ9
LCZ8
A
D
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