Coming up from the Discussion
in Issue 34
How to organise and what to expect from meteorological
observations in urban and industrial sites?
How to combine meteorological and air pollution information in cities for
regulatory and modelling purposes?
These and many other basic questions must be answered by meteorologists as more and more people live in cities, and as urban sites constantly change. Pierre Bessemoulin started looking for a document similar to the WMO Guide to Meteorological Instruments and Methods of Observation, but one which is adapted to urban environments, early this year. He was kind enough to inform EURASAP newsletter readers that he had received many e-mail messages and discovered that the topic is interesting and important to other people as well. The problem has been noted by scientists for several years, and Tim Oke came with the story of his and other scientists' efforts on this issue since 1982. In 1998 Tim Oke attended the WMO Conference on Meteorological and Environmental Instruments and Methods of Observation (TECO-98) in Casablanca, Morroco and presented his ideas on the topic (Oke, T.R., 1998: "Observing urban weather and climate", WMO Techn. Conf. on Meteorol. and Environ. Instruments and Methods of Observation, WMO/TD - No. 877, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, 1-8). He was kind enough to clarify with WMO bodies whether the paper can be published in the EURASAP Newsletter as well. Recently Mr Klaus Schulze stated that WMO is positive about republication. Furthermore the topic will be discussed at Sydney this November, where Tim Oke is invited to present a basic talk on the topic within the International Conference on Urban Climatology.
A new research network on "The air pollution research in London" has been recently started as Linda Davies from Imperial College informs us.
On the front cover you see a site of Sofia suburbs.