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- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Global Engineering for Development, Environment and Society
- Instructor(s)
- Kanda Manabu Inagaki Atsushi Varquez Alvin Christopher Galang
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Mon7-8(H135) Thr7-8(H135)
- Group
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- Course number
- GEG.E411
- Credits
- 2
- Academic year
- 2018
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2018/4/10
- Lecture notes updated
- 2018/5/14
- Language used
- English
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Course description and aims
The atmosphere over urban areas is much more complicated than that over other land surfaces due to the effects of complex geometry of infrastructures, variable artificial heat sources, and frequent renewal of surface conditions. In the last few decades, interdisciplinary and innovative research projects have advanced the framework of urban meteorology. The advanced knowledge suggests that the urban boundary layer mostly follows the simple physical similarity law in spite of the complexity of urban surfaces, and this allows the future projection of urban atmosphere based on future global and regional socio-economic scenarios.
This course starts with the principles of numerical simulation and monitoring technologies of the urban atmosphere, and then provides recent advancements in urban meteorology including epoch-making projects and cutting edge technologies.
Student learning outcomes
Students will be able to learn the principles of numerical simulation and monitoring technologies for the urban atmosphere together with recent advancements in urban meteorology including epoch-making projects and cutting edge technologies.
Keywords
Atmospheric Environment, Megacities, Meteorology, Simulation, Monitoring
Competencies that will be developed
| ✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
Three instructors give lectures on different topics. At the end of each class, students will have to submit the summaries. These summaries will be used for evaluation.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Numerical Simulation of the Urban Atmosphere | Understand the numerical simulation technology of the Urban Atmosphere |
| Class 2 | Monitoring of the Urban Atmosphere | Understand the monitoring technology of the Urban Atmosphere |
| Class 3 | Heat, Moisture and CO2 Flux Measurement by Urban-Tower | Understand the heat, moisture and CO2 flux measured by urban-towers |
| Class 4 | Lagrangian Human Meteorology | Understand the concept, methodology and outcome of Lagrangian human meteorology |
| Class 5 | Comprehensive Outdoor Scale MOdel Experiment (COSMO) | Understand the outcomes of Comprehensive Outdoor Scale MOdel Experiment (COSMO) |
| Class 6 | Introduction to Global Urban Climatology | Understand the background and neccesity of Global Urban Climatology |
| Class 7 | Global Urban Climatology – Overview of Methods and Tools | Understand the overview of methods and tools used in Global Urban Climatology |
| Class 8 | Global Urban Climatology – Method 1: Historical observation analyses | Understand the urban heat island condition and relevant factors in various megacities by using historical observation analyses |
| Class 9 | Cities and climate change | Introduce current and new techniques for studying adaptation and local mitigation strategies of cities to climate change. |
| Class 10 | Global Urban Climatology – Method 2: Numerical model analyses | Understand the urban heat island condition and relevant factors in various megacities by using numerical model analyses. |
| Class 11 | Urban Boundary Layer - Overview | Understand the overall features of the urban boundary layer |
| Class 12 | Urban Boundary Layer - Similarity Theory | Understand the similarity theory of the urban boundary layer |
| Class 13 | Urban Boundary Layer - Turbulence Structure | Understand the turbulence structure of the urban boundary layer |
| Class 14 | Urban Boundary Layer – Thermal Image Velocimetry | Understand the observed two dimensional turbulence structures over urban surfaces by using thermal image velocimetry |
| Class 15 | energy imbalance problem | study about how to measure sensible heat flux from the ground based on the eddy covariance method |
Textbook(s)
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Reference books, course materials, etc.
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Assessment criteria and methods
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Related courses
- TSE.A315 ： Introduction to Meteorology
- GEG.E402 ： Urban Environment
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
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