Scientific Topics

The focus is on original research into the physical, biological and chemical atmospheric processes operating in built areas, the weather, climate and surface hydrology experienced in built areas, the design and testing of scale, statistical and numerical models of urban climates or reports on the application of climatic understanding in architectural design or urban planning. Papers may relate to new concepts, methods, instruments, observations, applications, forecasting operations, scenario testing, projections of future climates, etc. Special sessions that focus on major field or other projects may be proposed. Hence appropriate topics include, but are not restricted to:

-	Airflow over cities including turbulence, urban roughness and drag, changes of wind speed and direction, urban circulation systems, wind engineering
-	Urban impacts on surface moisture, dew, evaporation, humidity, fog, cloud and precipitation
-	Exchanges of heat, mass and momentum between the urban surface and its boundary layer
-	Short- and long-wave radiation in polluted air, urban visibility
-	Urban heat islands, their nature, genesis and mitigation
-	Remote sensing of cities and urban climate
-	Emission, dispersion, transformation and removal of air pollutants and their impact on the urban climate
-	Models of the urban atmosphere at all scales
-	Forecasting urban weather, comfort, hazards, air quality
-	Topoclimatology of cities including the effects of coasts, valleys and other landforms
-	Climates of impervious surfaces such as streets, highways, runways and parking lots
-	Climatic performance of urban trees, lawns, gardens, parks, irrigation, rivers, lakes and reservoirs
-	Climate sensitive urban design and planning
-	Building climates (interior and exterior) and the climatic performance of built features
-	Urban bioclimates relevant to the functioning of plants, wildlife and humans
-	Cities and global climate change (urban climate adaptation and mitigation)