Meet the Partner: CERFACS – Advancing High-Resolution Urban Climate Modelling in UrbanAIR

The European Centre for Advanced Training and Scientific Computing (CERFACS) is a private centre for research, development, transfer, and training in simulation, modelling, and high-performance computing, based in Toulouse, France.

CERFACS tackles major scientific and technical challenges in both academic and industrial research. Its teams bring together physicists, applied mathematicians, numerical analysts, and computer scientists to design and develop innovative methods and software solutions that meet the needs of the aeronautics, space, climate, energy, and environmental sectors.

CERFACS works closely with its seven public and private shareholders: Airbus, Cnes, EDF, Météo-France, Onera, Safran, and TotalEnergies.

🔗 Learn more: cerfacs.fr

CERFACS’ Role in UrbanAIR

In UrbanAIR, CERFACS combines large-eddy simulations and emulation strategies to provide high-resolution wind and temperature maps along with their uncertainties.

The CERFACS Team

• Dr Mélanie Rochoux – Senior Research Scientist, Principal Investigator in Micrometeorology, Uncertainty Quantification, and Machine Learning

• Dr Thomas Jaravel – Senior Research Scientist in Large-Eddy Simulations, Machine Learning, and Micrometeorology

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