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ICUC History

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the International Federation for Housing and Planning (IFHP) both ran successful international conferences on urban climate between the 1960s-80s. In 1989, these endeavours came together in the form of joint meetings under the name International Conference on Urban Climatology (ICUC).  The International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC) assumed responsibility for these conferences in 2003 with the meeting in Lodz, Poland.

ICUC conferences are now held every 3 years and bring together more than 600 delegates from 55 countries.

We look forward to welcoming you to Sydney in 2021!

Organising Committee

Scientific committee

• Peter Armstrong, Khalifa University, UAE 
• Alexander Baklanov, World Meteorological Organization, Switzerland 
• Ifeoluwa Balogun, Federal University of Technology, Nigeria 
• Benjamin Bechtel, Universität Bochum, Germany 
• Brij Bhushan, National Informatics Centre, India 
• Winston Chow, Singapore Management University, Singapore 
• Andreas Christen, Universität Freiburg, Germany 
• Matthias Demuzere, Universität Bochum, Germany 
• Mat Georgescu, Arizona State University, USA 
• Jorge Gonzalez, City College New York, USA 
• Sue Grimmond, University of Reading, UK
• Akhilesh Gupta, Department of Science and Technology, India
• Aya Hagishima, Kyushu University, Japan
• Leena Järvi, University of Helsinki, Finland 
• Andreas Matzarakis, German Meteorological Service, Germany 
• Shiguang Miao, IUM, China 
• Ariane Middel, Arizona State University, USA 
• Gerald Mill, University College Dublin, Ireland 
• Chandana Mitra, Auburn University, USA
• Dev Niyogi, Purdue University and University of Texas at Austin, USA
• David Pearlmutter, Ben Gurion University, Israel 
• Amauri Pereira de Oliveira, University of São Paulo, Brazil 
• Chao Ren, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong 
• David Sailor, Arizona State University, USA 
• Jennifer Salmond, University of Auckland, New Zealand 
• Nigel Tapper, Monash, Australia 
• Mukul Tewari, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA
• Sofia Thorsson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
• Helen Ward, University of Innsbruck, Austria
• Jennifer Vanos, Arizona State University, USA 
• James Voogt, Western University, Canada

Urban climate processes

• Boundary layer and urban canopy layer processes 
  • Surface and subsurface urban processes 
  • Boundary-layer effects
• Urban hydrology
  • Urban water management and urban flooding
• Urban air quality
  • Pollutant dispersion in the urban canopy layer
  • Urban greenhouse gas emissions and uptakes in cities 
• Extreme weather and disasters in the urban environment
  • Forecasting and impact assessment of extreme weather events in cities
  • Influence of cities on precipitations and thunderstorms

Urban climate methods

• Modelling
  • Multi-scale numerical studies of urban environments 
  • Cities in global- and regional-scale climate models
  • Urban canopy parameterizations and models  
• Observations
  • New observational techniques to study urban climate 
  • Field campaigns, sensor and network development
  • Urban remote sensing 
  • Wind tunnel and scale model outdoor experiments 
• Urban climate informatics
  • IoT sensing, Crowdsourcing, and Citizen Science
  • Infilling urban climate networks with Big Data and Artificial Intelligence 
  • Urban databases and city analytics
  • Geospatial datasets

Biometeorology & health

• Methods, applications, and translational research  
• Urban microclimate and comfort
  • Indoor/Outdoor Thermal comfort
  • Physiological impacts of urban heat 
• Urban environmental health 

Integrated assessments of urban climate 

• Inter-scale interaction of urban phenomena and climate 
• Urban climate and climate change 
  • Climate risks and vulnerabilities in urban systems 
  • Climate change mitigation & adaptation in urban systems
  • Climate services for cities
• Integrated urban hydrometeorology, climate and environment systems and services 
• Urban climate vulnerability in developing countries
• Urban living laboratories: use cases, successful implementation, and challenges 

Climate-conscious design and sustainable development 

• Climate-sensitive urban design and planning
• Building climates and energy

Urban climate policy

• Planning and Governance
• Knowledge transfer of urban climate
  • Urban climate communication
  • Climate-Informed decision-making in cities