Universities Weather Research Network (UWERN) Urban Meteorology Programme

URGENT Air Project No GST/02/2231 – Duration: 1/1/1999 - 30/6/2002.

Contents

  1. Project overview
  2. People
  3. Data collection / Model development
  4. Data summary
  5. Other related URGENT projects

1. Project overview

See the project abstract at the URGENT Central Web Site.

2. People

Lead researcher Dr Stephen E. Belcher Reading
Other principal investigators Dr R. Giles Harrison Reading
Prof Chris G. Collier Salford
Prof Ian P. Castro Southampton
Data manager Janet Barlow Reading Also: Field measurements (sonic anemometers), data analysis; wind tunnel experiments
Other team members Omduth Coceal Reading Model development
Ian Harman Reading Model development
Andrew Lomas Reading Technical support
Fay Davies Salford LiDar field measurements and data analysis
Karen Bozier Salford LiDar operation
Hong Cheng Surrey Wind tunnel experiments

3. Data collection / Model development

Reading University
Micrometeorological data.
Hot wire anemometer measurements (in wind tunnel). Mass measurements. Wind measurements (Pitot tube).
Model output.
Surrey University
X-wire anemometry and Laser Doppler Anemometry (LDA) (in wind tunnel).
Salford University
LiDar measurements (including radial wind and signal-to-noise ratio). Relevant meteorological observations.

4. Data summary

Not available yet.

5. Other related URGENT projects

GST/02/1974 Tracers and Dispersion of Gaseous Pollutants
GST/02/2602 Experimental Quantification and Modelling of Dispersion of Particles in Urban Street Canyons