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| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1127/metz/1277 |
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| Title (Primary) | Hunting and harvesting urban climate data through mobile measurements with different platforms across various local climate zones |
| Author | Moderow, U.; Ziemann, A.; Goldberg, V.; Dietrich, P.
; Ködel, U.; Schütze, C. |
| Source Titel | Meteorologische Zeitschrift |
| Year | 2026 |
| Department | MET |
| Language | englisch |
| Topic | T5 Future Landscapes T8 Georesources |
| Keywords | urban climate; mobile measurements; citizen science; local climate zones; UTCI |
| Abstract | In a joint effort of two projects (Urban Forest and CityCLIM), mobile micrometeorological measurements were carried out in the city of Leipzig in Central Germany. Three different platforms (bike, car, and pedestrian with backpack) were used alongside three stationary measurement stations. The measurement equipment included low-cost sensors designed specifically for citizen science contexts, such as the MeteoTracker and SenseBox as well as equipment typically used in professional settings. Citizen volunteers were involved in the data collection as part of the EU Horizon 2020 CityCLIM project. These measurements provided the opportunity to address various aspects of urban climate-related research. This paper focuses on three key aspects. First, we analyze the impact of radiation errors on the quality of mobile air temperature measurements and their potential effect on accurately capturing air temperature trends. Secondly, we examine the similarities and differences in measurement results between citizen science (CS) instruments and those of professional standards with the primary goal of refining the basis for appropriate guidelines for CS measurements. Thirdly, we address the question of whether air temperature measurements by CS systems would be sufficient for assessing heat stress. Our results show that CS devices can capture the daily variation in air temperature but exhibit larger radiation errors during periods of high incoming radiation and insufficient ventilation. The results also indicate that air temperature measurements do not always accurately identify areas with high potential of heat stress. Furthermore, the spatial variability of air temperature is significantly lower than that of heat stress, whereas the highest variability was found for surface temperature of the ground. |
| Moderow, U., Ziemann, A., Goldberg, V., Dietrich, P., Ködel, U., Schütze, C. (2026): Hunting and harvesting urban climate data through mobile measurements with different platforms across various local climate zones Meteorol. Z. 10.1127/metz/1277 |
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