Urban Heat: Forward-Looking Climate Modeling for Gaza City

<p>We&nbsp;produced actionable data on heat stress in cities to inform analysis and client dialogue on the part of World Bank teams. We applied&nbsp;an urban-scale climate modeling framework to generate datasets describing modeled heat stress exposure for present-day and future conditions under selected climate scenarios. The study domain focuses on Gaza City.</p> <p>More details about the dataset:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>The dataset includes calculations for each indicator across three scenarios (<strong>present, SSP1-1.9, SSP3-7.0</strong>) and three twenty-year periods (<strong>2001-2020, 2021-2040, and 2041-2060</strong>). The present period refers to 2001-2020, while the other two periods correspond to the two SSP scenarios.</li> <li>All indicators are available in both&nbsp;<strong>NetCDF</strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>GeoTiff</strong>&nbsp;formats.</li> <li>The indicators are calculated at a resolution of&nbsp;<strong>100 m</strong>, consistent with the UrbClim and WBGT simulations. Additionally, downscaled versions of the indicators are provided at a resolution of&nbsp;<strong>30 m</strong>.</li> <li>The UrbClim and WBGT simulations, as well as the postprocessing, are conducted using the regional projection&nbsp;<strong>E</strong><strong>PSG 32636</strong>. The NetCDF and GeoTiff data also adopt this projection. Furthermore, a GeoTiff data file with&nbsp;<strong>EPSG 4326</strong>&nbsp;projection is included.</li> <li>All indicators are calculated as&nbsp;<strong>yearly averages</strong>. Some indicators also have additional calculations for&nbsp;<strong>seasonal averages</strong>, including Spring (MAM), Summer (JJA), Autumn (SON), and Winter (DJF).</li> <li>Ten representative locations within the study domain have been selected to retrieve the WBGT profile on a chosen date (2017-07-11). The results and the locations are stored in wbgt_profile.xlsx.</li> <li>Images for&nbsp;<strong>quick viewing</strong>&nbsp;<strong>in</strong>&nbsp;<strong>png</strong>&nbsp;format visualizing the results for each indicator. Present denotes the period 2001-2020; 2030 denotes the period 2021-2040; &amp; 2050 denotes the period 2041-2060.</li> <li>The NetCDF and GeoTiff data can be found in the data.zip; The png files for quick viewing can be found in quickview.zip; more information about the dataset, including the methodology, all available data list, contact information, etc. can be found in the&nbsp;Technical_Annex_Gaza.docx</li> </ul>