Urban Climate Observatory (UCO) Berlin

The Urban Climate Observatory (UCO) Berlin is a long-term and open scientific institution. It serves the cross-scale research of the urban climate in Berlin and the surrounding area. Long-term observations of the urban atmosphere at different locations enable studies on the interactions of atmospheric processes and urban structure as well as on climate variability and climate change. The UCO Berlin serves integrative research on weather, climate and air quality in the city. It consists of the following components:

The Urban Climate Observation Network (UCON) is used for the ground-level measurements of atmospheric variables (air temperature, relative humidity, air pressure, global radiation, wind, precipitation) in the urban canopy layer (UCL) at various locations in Berlin. Automatic weather stations (AWS) are used for this purpose. Since 2015, all freely available data from Netatmo weather stations in Berlin and the surrounding area have been systematically collected (crowdsourcing). This citizen weather station monitoring network provides data on air temperature, relative humidity, wind, precipitation and air pressure.