KIS 2.0 Graz – Climate Information System 2.0 Graz

Climate change is one of the challenges of our time.

Analyses and forecasts show the impact that it has already or that it will have on our daily lives. The city of Graz already has a long tradition in urban climate research. Data from 1986, 1996, 2004 and 2011 have been the basis for important analyses tools. Such as a topographic map of city climates, maps containing planning information with regard to temperatures as well as wind fields, to name just a few.

Now, however, new ground is being broken. The previous urban climate analysis is evolving into KIS – the climate information system, which is continuously fed with data, constantly evolving and thus supporting visionary conceptions and planning beyond standard functions.

• New, more comprehensive, more up-to-date and higher quality basic data, for example by integrating data provided by climate monitoring stations and data gathered by means of flights using thermal scanning devices
• For the first time, large parts of the Styrian central region are considered from a climatological point of view.
• Consideration and inclusion of additional aspects such as bioclimate, cold air flows and vulnerability analyses
• Development of new methods and dynamic tools for modeling and simulation
• Anticipatory analyses of Graz’s urban climate by incorporating current international scientific climate scenarios (IPCC) into the simulations

The climate information system KIS does not remain static, but is able to react to different requirements or current challenges.

This improves the quality. The data and forecasts become more accurate, can be presented in more diverse ways and are thus more meaningful. As a result, political and technical decisions can also be made more effectively.