Quality assurance and improvement of micro-scale meteorological models. (8th February 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Schatzmann, Michael; Britter, Rex
• Is Part Of: International journal of environment and pollution. Volume 44:Number 1-4(2011)
• Page Start: 139
• Page End: 146
• Publication Date: 2011-02-08
• Subjects: model evaluation -- urban flow -- dispersion -- fitness for purpose -- European harmonisation -- COST action -- quality assurance -- micro-scale meteorological models -- transport processes -- modelling -- air quality -- air pollution; Environmental policy -- Periodicals; Environmental engineering -- Periodicals; Environmental sciences -- Periodicals; Pollution -- Periodicals; 363.73
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0957-4352

Abstract

Models have begun to play an important role in environmental assessment and urban climate studies. Their increasing use, however, is paralleled by a growing awareness that the majority of these models have never been the subject of rigorous evaluation. Consequently there is a lack of confidence in the modelled results. The paper reports on a European initiative (COST 732) which was launched 2005 with the purpose of establishing a generally accepted procedure for the improvement and quality assurance of micro-scale meteorological models that are applied for predicting flow and transport processes in urban or industrial environments.