Intra and inter ‘local climate zone’ variability of air temperature as observed by crowdsourced citizen weather stations in Berlin, Germany

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dc.contributor.authorFenner, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorMeier, Fred
dc.contributor.authorBechtel, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorOtto, Marco
dc.contributor.authorScherer, Dieter
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-14T09:15:00Z
dc.date.available2021-01-14T09:15:00Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-24
dc.description.abstractA one-year data set for the year 2015 of near-surface air temperature (T$T$), crowdsourced from ‘Netatmo’ citizen weather stations (CWS) in Berlin, Germany, and surroundings was analysed. The CWS data set, which has been quality-checked and filtered in a previous study, consists of T$T$ measurements from several hundred CWS. It was investigated (1) how CWS are distributed among urban and rural environments, as represented by ‘local climate zones’ (LCZ), (2) how LCZ are characterised in T$T$ along the annual cycle and concerning intra-LCZ T$T$ variability, and (3) if significant T$T$ differences between LCZ (ΔT$\Delta T$) can be detected with CWS data. Further, it was investigated how the results from CWS compare to reference data from standard meteorological measurement stations. It can be shown that all ‘urban’ LCZ are covered by CWS, but only few CWS are located in ‘natural’ LCZ (e.g. forests or urban parks). CWS data along the annual cycle show generally good agreement to reference data, though for some LCZ monthly means between both data sets differ up to 1 K. Intra-LCZ T$T$ variability is particularly large during night-time. Statistically significant ΔT$\Delta T$ can be detected with CWS data between various LCZ pairs, particularly for structurally dissimilar LCZ, and the results are in agreement with existing literature on LCZ or the urban heat island. Furthermore, annual mean ΔT$\Delta T$ in CWS data agree well with reference data, thus showing the potential of CWS data for long-term studies. Several challenges related to crowdsourced CWS data need further investigation, namely missing meta data, the non-standard measurement locations, the imbalanced availability in time and space, and potentials to combine CWS and reference data to benefit from the main advantages of both, i.e., the large number of stations and the high quality of data, respectively.en
dc.description.sponsorshipDFG, 322579844, Hitzewellen in Berlin, Deutschland - Stadtklimamodifkationenen
dc.description.sponsorshipDFG, 197674476, FOR 1736: Stadtklima und Hitzestress in Städten der Mittelbreiten in Anbetracht des Klimawandels (UCaHS)en
dc.description.sponsorshipBMBF, 01LP1602A, Verbundprojekt Stadtklima: Evaluierung von Stadtklimamodellen (Modul B), 3DO Teilprojekt 1: Dreidimensionales Monitoring atmosphärischer Prozesse in Berlinen
dc.identifier.eissn1610-1227
dc.identifier.issn0941-2948
dc.identifier.urihttps://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/12436
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-11278
dc.language.isoenen
dc.relation.ispartof10.14279/depositonce-10378
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/en
dc.subject.ddc551 Geologie, Hydrologie, Meteorologiede
dc.subject.otherurban climateen
dc.subject.otherlocal climate zonesen
dc.subject.otherair temperatureen
dc.subject.othercrowdsourcingen
dc.subject.othercitizen weather stationen
dc.subject.otherBerlinen
dc.titleIntra and inter ‘local climate zone’ variability of air temperature as observed by crowdsourced citizen weather stations in Berlin, Germanyen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi10.1127/metz/2017/0861en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue5en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleMeteorologische Zeitschriften
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishernameE. Schweizerbart Science Publishersen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceStuttgarten
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend547en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart525en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume26en
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tub.affiliationFak. 6 Planen Bauen Umwelt>Inst. Ökologie>FG Klimatologiede
tub.affiliation.facultyFak. 6 Planen Bauen Umweltde
tub.affiliation.groupFG Klimatologiede
tub.affiliation.instituteInst. Ökologiede
tub.publisher.universityorinstitutionTechnische Universität Berlinen
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