Scientific co-ordination of the Research Unit

该子项目负责合作研究的科学协调，以及拟议的“气候变化下中纬度城市的城市气候和热应激”研究单位（RU）的后勤和行政任务。拟议的RU的强烈的多学科和跨学科性质要求自上而下的方法来确保合作伙伴的工作包的科学一致性。子项目负责影响整个RU的科学活动，例如，为博士生建立一个导师网络，这样每个学生将由RU的至少两个合作伙伴监督。现有知识库系统的实施、运行和改进，将其作为科学协调和交流的有效工具，并作为共享的工作空间和数据门户，对于所提出的RU的成功至关重要。除了进一步的活动，如为整个RU实现和操作一个网站，子项目将特别为合作研究做出最初的贡献。自己的研究活动将侧重于发展和应用一种正式的严格概念，用于量化中纬度城市当前和未来气候的热应力危害和风险，以便将合作伙伴的研究纳入统一的方法框架。

The sub-project is responsible for scientific coordination of the collaborative research, as well as for the logistic and administrative tasks of the proposed Research Unit (RU) on “Urban Climate and Heat Stress in mid-latitude cities in view of climate change (UCaHS)”. The strongly multi- and interdisciplinary nature of the proposed RU demands top-down approaches for ensuring the scientific coherence of the work packages of the partners. The sub-project is responsible for scientific activities affecting the entire RU, for instance by setting up a network of supervisors for the PhD students such that each student will be supervised by at least two partners of the RU. Implementation, operation and improvement of an existing Knowledge Base system to be used as an effective and efficient tool for scientific coordination and communication, and as shared work space and data portal, is of outstanding importance for the success of the proposed RU. Besides further activities like implementation and operation of a web site for the entire RU, the sub-project will, in particular, originally contribute to the collaborative research. Own research activities will focus on development and application of a formally strict concept for quantifying heat-stress hazards and risk in mid-latitude cities for present and future climates required to integrate the research of the partners into a unified methodological framework.