Abstract
Because of the global warming, urban planning strategies must be
investigated to reduce the building energy consumption and increase the
thermal comfort in cities. In the framework of Energy Strategy 2050 of
Switzerland,it is important to highlight the impact of future climate
change on urban planning and proposes strategies to help urban planners
and policymakers face this new challenge particularly in a future where
heat waves are going to become common at mid-latitudes. However, to do
so in the best possible way, the models currently used have to be robust
enough in complex regions (with lakes, mountains and urban areas) to
evaluate future planning scenarios.Simulations are performed over
Switzerland at high resolution using a mesoscale numerical weather
prediction system. The results from the simulations are compared with
multiple meteorological stations located in the domain and is also used
to evaluate the urban heat island. We demonstrate that the models
performs well in plateaued regions but some important deviations are
noted in particularly complex region with complex topography. The
importance of Lake Geneva in the mesoscale dynamics in the region is
also highlighted