1. GeoClimate: a Geospatial processing toolbox for environmental and climate studies
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Camille Noûs, Elisabeth Le Saux Wiederhold, Sylvain Palominos, Erwan Bocher, Jérémy Bernard, François Leconte, Gwendall Petit, Equipe DECIDE (Lab-STICC_DECIDE), Laboratoire des sciences et techniques de l'information, de la communication et de la connaissance (Lab-STICC), École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Brest (ENIB)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées Bretagne (ENSTA Bretagne)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Bretagne Loire (UBL)-IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Brest (ENIB)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées Bretagne (ENSTA Bretagne)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Bretagne Loire (UBL)-IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), University of Gothenburg (GU), Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS), Laboratoire d'Etude et de Recherche sur le Matériau Bois (LERMAB), Université de Lorraine (UL), and Laboratoire Cogitamus
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Geospatial analysis ,[INFO.INFO-DB]Computer Science [cs]/Databases [cs.DB] ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Land use ,business.industry ,Environmental resource management ,Energy consumption ,Land cover ,[SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography ,010501 environmental sciences ,15. Life on land ,computer.software_genre ,01 natural sciences ,[INFO.INFO-MO]Computer Science [cs]/Modeling and Simulation ,Field (geography) ,13. Climate action ,11. Sustainability ,Impervious surface ,Environmental science ,Climate model ,Urban heat island ,business ,computer ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
International audience; Human activities induce changes on land use and land cover. These changes are most significant in urban areas where topographic features (e.g., building, road) affect the density of impervious surface areas and introduce a range of urban morphological patterns. Those characteristics impact the energy balance and modify the climate locally (e.g., inducing the so-called Urban Heat Island phenomenon).Therefore, there is a need for georeferenced morphological indicators as well as urban classifications (such as Local Climate Zones) that can be directly used for planning or as inputs of climate models. GeoClimate is dedicated to this purpose: it converts raw geographical data (OpenStreetMap and French BDTopo) into indicators useful for climate applications (sky view factor, vegetation fraction, etc.) However, its application is not limited to the climate field.The indicators calculated in GeoClimate can also be used for other diagnostic or planning purposes: studying the territory fragmentation, the influence of the urban fabric on pollution (noise or air chemical transport), the energy consumption, etc. GeoClimate is available as free and open source geospatial software.
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- 2021
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