The creation of localized current and future weather for the built environment
Lead Research Organisation:
Newcastle University
Department Name: Sch of Engineering
Abstract
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Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Chris Kilsby (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Darch G
(2016)
Analysing changes in short-duration extreme rainfall events
in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Water Management
| Description | A web based software tool has been developed which provides information on climate change to the construction industry and more widely. The tool can also be used as a cloud based service, and has been trialled within the project. |
| Exploitation Route | The weather information for future climates could be used by designers and engineers. This system is based on the UKCP09 weather generator provision - the latest UKCP18 projects do not have such a capability, and many end-users are now contacting us with a view to developing one based on this output. |
| Sectors | Construction Energy Environment Transport |
| Title | Cloud based Weather Generator |
| Description | A Microsoft Azure cloud based capability for flexibly running batches of spatial weather generator simulations. Allows multiple instances for e.g. every city in UK to be handled automatically which is a step change in capability from web-based or server systems previously available. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Allows project partners to use Spatial Weather Generator for larger applications i.e. national on Microsoft Azure cloud system. |