Boundary-Layer Meteorology (BLMet)
Sylvia I. Bohnenstengel
Research FellowE-mail: s.i.l.d.bohnenstengel@reading.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)118 378 6979
Research Interests
- Boundary Layer Meteorology
- Urban Meteorology
- numerical modeling of urban and mesoscale interaction
- subgrid-scale land-use and surface flux parameterizations
Current Projects
- Clean Air for London (ClearfLo). ClearfLo project website
- The Development of a Local Urban Climate Model and its Application to the Intelligent Development of Cities (LUCID). LUCID project website. For more detailed information on recent LUCID results please also have a look at my personal website. LUCID recent results
Publications for s.i.l.d.bohnenstengel@reading.ac.uk
2011
Bohnenstengel, S., Schlüenzen, K.H. and Beyrich, F. (2011) Representativity of in situ precipitation measurements - a case study for the LITFASS area in North-Eastern Germany. Journal of Hydrology, 400 (3-4). pp. 387-395. ISSN 0022-1694 doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.01.052
Grimmond, C. S. B., Blackett, M., Best, M. J., Baik, J. J., Belcher, S. E., Beringer, J., Bohnenstengel, S. I., Calmet, I., Chen, F., Coutts, A., Dandou, A., Fortuniak, K., Gouvea, M. L., Hamdi, R., Hendry, M., Kanda, M., Kawai, T., Kawamoto, Y., Kondo, H., Krayenhoff, E. S., Lee, S. H., Loridan, T., Martilli, A., Masson, V., Miao, S., Oleson, K., Ooka, R., Pigeon, G., Porson, A., Ryu, Y. H., Salamanca, F., Steeneveld, G. J., Tombrou, M., Voogt, J. A., Young, D.T. and Zhang, N. (2011) Initial results from Phase 2 of the international urban energy balance model comparison. International Journal of Climatology, 31 (2). pp. 159-335. ISSN 1097-0088 doi: 10.1002/joc.2227
Schlünzen, K. H., Grawe, D., Bohnenstengel, S. I., Schlüter, I. and Koppmann, R. (2011) Joint modelling of obstacle induced and mesoscale changes: current limits and challenges. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 99 (4). pp. 217-225. ISSN 0167-6105 doi: 10.1016/j.jweia.2011.01.009
Bohnenstengel, S. I., Evans, S., Clark, P. A. and Belcher, S. E. (2011) Simulations of the London urban heat island. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 137 (659). pp. 1625-1640. ISSN 1477-870X doi: 10.1002/qj.855
Mavrogianni, A., Davies, M., Batty, M., Belcher, S. E., Bohnenstengel, S. I., Carruthers, D., Chalabi, Z., Croxford, B., Demanuele, C., Evans, S., Giridharan, R., Hacker, J. N., Hamilton, I., Hogg, C., Hunt, J., Kolokotroni, M., Martin, C., Milner, J., Rajapaksha, I., Ridley, I., Steadman, J. P., Stocker, J., Wilkinson, P. and Ye, Z. (2011) The comfort, energy and health implications of London’s urban heat island. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 32 (1). pp. 35-52. ISSN 1477-0849 doi: 10.1177/0143624410394530
2010
Grimmond, C. S. B., Blackett, M., Best, M. J., Barlow, J., Baik, J.-J., Belcher, S. E., Bohnenstengel, S. I., Calmet, I., Chen, F., Dandou, A., Fortuniak, K., Gouvea, M. L., Hamdi, R., Hendry, M., Kawai, T., Kawamoto, Y., Kondo, H., Krayenhoff, E. S., Lee, S.-H., Loridan, T., Martilli, A., Masson, V., Miao, S., Oleson, K., Pigeon, G., Porson, A., Ryu, Y.-H., Salamanca, F., Shashua-Bar, L., Steeneveld, G.-J., Tombrou, M., Voogt, J., Young, D. and Zhang, N. (2010) The International Urban Energy Balance Models Comparison Project: First Results from Phase 1. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 49 (6). pp. 1268-1292. ISSN 1558-8432 doi: 10.1175/2010JAMC2354.1
2009
Bohnenstengel, S. I. L. and Schluenzen, K. H. (2009) Performance of different sub-grid-scale surface flux parameterizations for urban and rural areas. In: Baklanov, A., Sue, G., Alexander, M. and Athanassiadou, M. (eds.) Meteorological and air quality models for urban areas. Springer, Heidelberg. ISBN 9783642002977 doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-00298-4
Porson, A., Harman, I., Bohnenstengel, S. I. L. and Belcher, S. E. (2009) How many facets are needed to represent the surface energy balance of an urban area? Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 132 (1). 107 -128. ISSN 0006-8314 doi: 10.1007/s10546-009-9392-4
2004
Bohnenstengel, S. I. L., Schlünzen, K. H. and Grawe, D. (2004) Influence of thermal effects on street canyon circulations. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 13 (5). pp. 381-386. ISSN 0941-2948 doi: 10.1127/0941-2948/2004/0013-0381
Accepted publications
Hunt, J.C.R., Bohnenstengel, S.I., Belcher , S.E. and Y. Timoshkina: Implications of Climate change for expanding cities worldwide, Urban design & planning journal. In press.
Publications of the boundary layer group can be found here publications page
Non peer review publications
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Bohnenstengel S.I., Belcher S.E., Clark P., Hunt J., Davies M., Demanuele C., Evans S., Hacker J., Hamilton I., Kolokotroni M., Mavrogianni A., Steadman J.P., Stocker J., Wilkinson P., Oikonomou E. 2010. The Lucid project: the local urban climate in London, Urban climate newsletter, June 2010. pdf available
Recent presentations & conference contributions
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Processes setting the urban heat island in London, Royal Meteorological Society Conferene, Exeter (UK), 27.06.2011.
Two paradigms for setting the urban heat island: The 29th Conf. on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology/19th Symp. on Boundary Layers and Turbulence/Ninth Symp. on the Urban Environment (1-6 August 2010) (Keystone, CO). recorded presentation
What processes drive the spatial and temporal pattern of the London urban heat island?, National Meeting: Adapting our cities for future climates, Royal Meteorological Society, Imperial College London, 17. February 2010, invited talk.
Spatial structure of the London urban heat island: the LUCID project, ICUC-7: The 7th international conference on urban climate, Yokohama, 29.06.-03.07.2009. ICUC-7 website
The London urban heat island - the LUCID project, JULES meeting, Met Office Exeter, 17.-18.06.2009.
Impact of urban parameters on the surface energy balance in urban areas, 89. AMS annual meeting, Phoenix, 11.-15. January 2009. recorded session
Simulations of the London urban climate: the LUCID project, 89. AMS annual meeting, Phoenix, 11.-15. January 2009. recorded session
Porson, A., Bohnenstengel, S., Belcher, S.E., Clark, P. and I.N. Harman, Idealized studies with the new urban scheme of the MetOffice Unified model, extended abstract
Bohnenstengel S., Schluenzen K.H. (2008): Performance of Different Sub-Grid-Scale Surface Flux Parametrizations for Urban and Rural Areas. Urbanization of meteorological and air quality models, Edtl. A. Baklanov, S. Grimmond, A. Mahura, M. Athanassiadou, extended abstract
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