Sujet de thèse (2025) : Hectometric weather simulations for urban climate extremes

Cities and their inhabitants are subject to extreme weather (storms, heat waves) and hazardous air pollution episodes. Ongoing climate change is altering the severity of these extreme events. Simulating these current and future extreme events on a city scale is essential to help guide urban development decisions.

This is one of the objectives of the UrbanAIR project (2025-2028) funded by the EU Horizon Europe funding program. It involves 19 international partners across industry and academia (VITO, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Delft University of Technology, KNMI, Imperial College London, Université Toulouse III, Météo France, University Freiburg, Technical university Ilmenau, NORCE, Bern FachHochschule, Leibniz University Hannover, Siemens, ARUP, UKRI, Cerfacs, Resilient-Cities Network, Future Needs and SMHI). It will involve 13 PhD candidates and 3 post-docs and will involve many scientists and scholars in a range of disciplines.

In transdisciplinary ways of working, UrbanAIR will connect citizens with scientists and industrial and governmental stakeholders to co-create solutions for adapting and mitigating urban heat and air pollution.

Funding: projet EU UrbanAIR

Desired start date: October 2025

Contact : Jean-Pierre Chaboureau (MECANO)

Full information:
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