Csete ÁK, Gulyás Á: Adaptation of UFORE-Hydro model for Szeged and the southern region of the Great Hungarian Plainbased on local meteorological database

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14232/acta.clim.2020.54.1

Á K Csete, Á Gulyás


Department of Climatology and Landscape Ecology, University of Szeged, Egyetem u. 2., 6720 Szeged, Hungary
E-mail: cseteakos@geo.u-szeged.hu


Summary: Urban environments are very different from natural ones in many cases. The geometry of the buildings and the various artificial surface elements can significantly influence the microclimatic and hydrological processes. In urban areas, the surface is mostly artificial and it is hard to find natural, undisturbed surfaces, in addition, the vast majority of soil surfaces are generally under strong anthropogenic influence. Models can provide a comprehensive view of the hydrological processes in the city and can help to investigate the different impacts of them. In this study, our aim is to introduce the preparation of a widely applicable model (UFORE-Hydro) for Hungarian pilot areas. Thus, we intend to introduce the procedure of preparing the weather and evaporation files and their local databases which we used for the model.


Key words: urban hydrology, i-Tree Hydro, sustainable urban water management, green infrastructure, nature-based solutions


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