The aim of the Dutch KvK project IMPACT is :
“To quantify and better understand the impact of climate change
on the critical weather conditions at Schiphol airport, by using the
state-of-the-art high-resolution atmosphere model HARMONIE”
Schiphol operation is very sensitive to critical weather conditions. An
important question for Schiphol is how to maintain a sustainable and
reliable airport operation when in a future climate the frequency and
intensity of critical weather conditions will change. In order to answer
this question, we need to determine these changes with sufficient
accuracy. Present day climate models are not suited for that. Their grid
resolution is too coarse. In this project we will explore the use of the
newly developed atmospheric model HARMONIE to compute these
changes on local scales, and to better understand why these changes
occur. The results of this project will contribute to increase the amount
of spatial detail in the KNMI’06 climate scenarios for the Netherlands,
especially those details that are related to a proper description of the
land-atmosphere interaction in the climate system.
In this project we will build up a strong knowledge base at all partner
sites and use this knowledge base to demonstrate the potential of
HARMONIE to carry out future climate case-studies for Schiphol
airport. The results will be demonstrated to the airport stakeholders.
For more information see the IMPACT Project Plan, or the Dutch project website.
