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Researcher

Steven Caluwaerts

Awards & Distinctions

90 Results

2025

EURO-SUPREME : sub-daily precipitation extremes in the EURO-CORDEX ensemble

Anouk DierickxWout DewettinckBert Van SchaeybroeckLesley De CruzSteven CaluwaertsPiet TermoniaHans Van de Vyver

2024

Current-day and future Dunkelflaute risks for Belgium

François DuchêneBert Van SchaeybroeckRafiq HamdiJoris Van den BerghGeert SmetSteven CaluwaertsPiet Termonia

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY

Dense network of wet bulb globe temperature observations to assess the effect of diverse micro-environments on heat stress

Ian HelleboschSara TopSteven CaluwaertsKoen De RidderRaf TheunissenClemens Mensink

Emulation of a Numerical Urban Model To Create High-Resolution Near Surface Air Temperature Over European Cities

Sara TopJonas BlanckeAndrei CovaciSteven CaluwaertsRafiq HamdiLesley De Cruz

Fast analysis of urban meteorological observations with the user-friendly MetObs-toolkit

Thomas VergauwenSara TopAmber JacobsAndrei CovaciWout DewettinckKobe VandelanotteIan HelleboschSteven Caluwaerts

Filling gaps in urban temperature observations by debiasing ERA5 reanalysis data

Amber JacobsSara TopThomas VergauwenSteven Caluwaerts

Filling gaps in urban temperature observations by debiasing ERA5 reanalysis data

Amber JacobsSara TopThomas VergauwenJuuso SuomiJukka KäyhköSteven Caluwaerts

A1 Journal Article in URBAN CLIMATE

Geographical variability in hygrothermal simulation results of historical building envelopes with interior insulation in Belgium

Isabeau VandemeulebrouckeSteven CaluwaertsNathan Van Den Bossche

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING

High-resolution climate model data over EURO-CORDEX with a focus on cities

Sara TopSteven CaluwaertsLesley De CruzRafiq Hamdi

Impact of climate change on degradation risks in solid masonry walls : uncertainty assessment using a multi-model ensemble

Isabeau VandemeulebrouckeLola KotovaSteven CaluwaertsNathan Van Den Bossche

A1 Journal Article in BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Interaction between Urban Heat Island and Sea-Breeze : a focus on Shanghai

Hongying ChenSara TopRafiq HamdiSteven Caluwaerts

MetObs : a Python toolkit for using non-traditional meteorological observations

Thomas VergauwenMichiel VieijraAndrei CovaciAmber JacobsSara TopWout DewettinckKobe VandelanotteIan HelleboschSteven Caluwaerts

A2 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

Preparing society for extreme weather : insights from Belgian initiatives to create actionable information for stakeholders

Steven CaluwaertsSara TopIan HelleboschThomas VergauwenKobe VandelanotteBert Van SchaeybroeckPiet Termonia

The impact of climate change on degradation in historical building envelopes : progress in research using hygrothermal models

Isabeau VandemeulebrouckeBruno VanderscheldenKaat JanssensSteven CaluwaertsNathan Van den Bossche

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

2023

Air-stagnation episodes based on regional climate models part I : evaluation over Europe

Joren Van NieuwenhuyseBert Van SchaeybroeckSteven CaluwaertsJonathan De DeynAndy DelclooRozemien De TrochRafiq HamdiPiet Termonia

A1 Journal Article in CLIMATE DYNAMICS

Attribution of the heavy rainfall events leading to severe flooding in Western Europe during July 2021

Jordis S. TradowskySjoukje Y. PhilipFrank KreienkampSarah F. KewPhilip LorenzJulie ArrighiThomas BettmannSteven CaluwaertsSteven C. ChanLesley De Cruz et al.

A1 Journal Article in CLIMATIC CHANGE

Degradation of brick masonry walls in Europe and the Mediterranean : advantages of a response-based analysis to study climate change

Isabeau VandemeulebrouckeLola KotovaSteven CaluwaertsNathan Van Den Bossche

A1 Journal Article in BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Development of a case-selective dynamical downscaling strategy for extreme precipitation over Belgium

Wout DewettinckKobe VandelanotteHans Van De VyverDaan DegrauweRafiq HamdiSteven CaluwaertsPiet Termonia

Engaging schools to build a regional urban climate monitoring network

Steven CaluwaertsSara TopBart MesuereThomas Vergauwen

Freeze-thaw risk in solid masonry : the difference between a climate-based and response-based analysis to study climate change

Isabeau VandemeulebrouckeLola KotovaSteven CaluwaertsNathan Van Den Bossche

Freeze-thaw risk in solid masonry walls : impact of climate change over Europe and the Mediterranean subjected to RCP 4.5

Isabeau VandemeulebrouckeLola KotovaSteven CaluwaertsNathan Van den Bossche

Land cover aware temperature correction of bicycle transects : a case study of mapping the air temperature in two Belgian cities

Michiel VieijraThomas VergauwenSara TopRafiq HamdiSteven Caluwaerts

A1 Journal Article in URBAN CLIMATE

Machine learning-based emulation of land cover effects at sub-hectometric scale using crowd-sourced weather observations

Andrei CovaciThomas VergauwenSara TopSteven CaluwaertsLesley De Cruz

Past and future outdoor thermal comfort for densely populated areas in Eurasia

Sara TopSteven CaluwaertsLesley De CruzRafiq Hamdi

Untangled : climate projections for hygrothermal modelling of building envelopes

Isabeau VandemeulebrouckeNathan Van Den BosscheSteven Caluwaerts

Urban forest microclimates across temperate Europe are shaped by deep edge effects and forest structure

Karen De PauwLeen DepauwKim CaldersSteven CaluwaertsSara A.O. CousinsEmiel De LombaerdeMartin DiekmannDavid FreyJonathan LenoirCamille Meeussen et al.

A1 Journal Article in AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Using ensemble climate information at local scale : evolution of urban climate and renewable-energy potential under global warming in Belgium

François DuchêneSteven CaluwaertsRafiq HamdiBert Van Schaeybroeck

2022

A comprehensive framework to select climate data for hygrothermal simulations : application on solid masonry walls in Brussels

Isabeau VandemeulebrouckeSteven CaluwaertsNathan Van Den Bossche

Assessing the impact of climate change on historical buildings in Cuba

Isabeau VandemeulebrouckeKaat JanssensBruno VanderscheldenSteven CaluwaertsNathan Van Den Bossche

Climate data for hygrothermal simulations of Brussels

Isabeau VandemeulebrouckeSteven CaluwaertsNathan Van Den Bossche

A2 Journal Article in DATA BRIEF

Current and future outdoor thermal comfort in Asia

Sara TopSteven CaluwaertsPhilippe De MaeyerPiet Termonia

Decay of building facades may increase due to climate change

Isabeau VandemeulebrouckeSteven CaluwaertsNathan Van Den Bossche

Decision framework to select moisture reference years for hygrothermal simulations

Isabeau VandemeulebrouckeSteven CaluwaertsNathan Van Den Bossche

A1 Journal Article in BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Downscaling ensemble climate projections to urban scale : Brussels's future climate at 1.5 °C, 2 °C, and 3 °C global warming

François DuchêneRafiq HamdiBert Van SchaeybroeckSteven CaluwaertsRozemien De TrochLesley De CruzPiet Termonia

A1 Journal Article in URBAN CLIMATE

Engaging schools to explore meteorological observational gaps

Steven CaluwaertsSara TopBart MesuereThomas Vergauwen

Evaluation and bias correction of simulated sub-daily rainfall extremes by regional climate models

Hans Van de VyverBert Van SchaeybroeckRozemien De TrochLesley De CruzRafiq HamdiCecille Villanueva-BirrielPhilippe MarbaixJean-Pascal van YperseleHendrik WoutersSam Vanden Broucke et al.

Evaluation of air stagnation periods using regional climate models over Europe

Bert Van SchaeybroeckJoren Van NieuwenhuyseSteven CaluwaertsJonathan De DeynAndy DelclooRozemien De TrochRafiq HamdiPiet Termonia

Modelling the future climate and outdoor thermal comfort over Eurasia

Sara TopSteven CaluwaertsPhilippe De MaeyerPiet Termonia

Review and evaluation of 20 methods to select moisture reference years for damage risks in solid masonry walls

Isabeau VandemeulebrouckeSteven CaluwaertsNathan Van Den Bossche

The impact of COVID-19 confinement measures on the canopy urban heat island intensity of Ghent (Belgium)

Rafiq HamdiEmma TronquoEva BogaertsKim-Marie HoangCorentin LoudecheEllen ClaeysSteven CaluwaertsFrançois DuchêneBert Van SchaeybroeckPiet Termonia

The worldwide C3S CORDEX grand ensemble : a major contribution to assess regional climate change in the IPCC AR6 Atlas

Javier Diez-SierraMaialen IturbideJosé M. GutiérrezJesús FernándezJosipa MilovacAntonio S. CofiñoEzequiel CimadevillaGrigory NikulinGuillaume LevavasseurErik Kjellström et al.

A1 Journal Article in BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

2021

A new methodology to propagate uncertainties from regional climate models to urban impact model : feasibility study

François DuchêneBert Van SchaeybroeckSteven CaluwaertsAndy DelclooRozemien De TrochRafiq HamdiPiet Termonia

Analyzing and visualizing spatiotemporal patterns of El Niño teleconnections using attribute trajectories

Long ZhangBert Van SchaeybroeckSteven CaluwaertsPiet TermoniaNico Van de Weghe

A1 Journal Article in ATMOSPHERE

Canadian initial-condition climate ensemble : hygrothermal simulation on wood-stud and retrofitted historical masonry

Isabeau VandemeulebrouckeM. DefoM.A. LacasseSteven CaluwaertsNathan Van Den Bossche

A1 Journal Article in BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Engaging schools to explore meteorological observational gaps

Steven CaluwaertsSara TopThomas VergauwenGuy WautersKoen De RidderRafiq HamdiBart MesuereBert Van SchaeybroeckHendrik WoutersPiet Termonia

A1 Journal Article in BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

Evaluation framework for sub-daily rainfall extremes simulated by regional climate models

Hans Van de VyverBert Van SchaeybroeckRozemien De TrochLesley De CruzRafiq HamdiCecille Villanueva-BirrielPhilippe MarbaixJean-Pascal van YperseleHendrik WoutersSam Vanden Broucke et al.

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY

Evaluation of ALARO-0 and REMO regional climate models over Iran focusing on building material degradation criteria

Hamed HedayatniaSara TopSteven CaluwaertsLola KotovaMarijke SteemanNathan Van Den Bossche

A1 Journal Article in BUILDINGS

Evaluation of regional climate models ALARO-0 and REMO2015 at 0.22 degrees resolution over the CORDEX Central Asia domain

Sara TopLola KotovaLesley De CruzSvetlana AniskevichLeonid BobylevRozemien De TrochNatalia GnatiukAnne GobinRafiq HamdiArne Kriegsmann et al.

A1 Journal Article in GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT

Factorial study on the future freeze-thaw risk in solid masonry walls in Brussels subjected to RCP8.5

Isabeau VandemeulebrouckeSteven CaluwaertsNathan Van Den Bossche

Factorial study on the impact of climate change on freeze-thaw damage, mould growth and wood decay in solid masonry walls in Brussels

Isabeau VandemeulebrouckeSteven CaluwaertsNathan Van Den Bossche

A1 Journal Article in BUILDINGS

Het VLINDER-project

Steven CaluwaertsThomas VergauwenSara TopHerwig DejongheBart MesuerePiet TermoniaGuy Wauters

Bookchapter in Jaarboek De Aardrijkskunde 2020

Implications of using meteorological records to assess the environmental risk of salt crystallization cycles in stone

Tim De KockScott A. OrrDaphne GuilbertSebastiaan GodtsSteven CaluwaertsVeerle CnuddeJulie Desarnaud

Jean-François Geleyn, professeur à l'université de Gand

Steven CaluwaertsDaan DegrauwePiet Termonia

A2 Journal Article in LA MÉTÉOROLOGIE

Rapid attribution of heavy rainfall events leading to the severe flooding in Western Europe during July 2021

Frank KreienkampSjoukje Y. PhilipJordis S. TradowskySarah F. KewPhilip LorenzJulie ArrighiAlexandre BelleflammeThomas BettmannSteven CaluwaertsSteven C. Chan et al.

What is the most threatening for citizens of a mid-latitude city : cold stress or heat stress?

Sara TopDragan MilosevicSteven CaluwaertsStevan Savic

2020

A statistical-dynamical methodology to downscale regional climate projections to urban scale

François DuchêneBert Van SchaeybroeckSteven CaluwaertsRozemien De TrochRafiq HamdiPiet Termonia

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY

CO2 fertilization, transpiration deficit and vegetation period drive the response of mixed broadleaved forests to a changing climate in Wallonia

Louis de WergifosseFrédéric AndréHugues GoosseSteven CaluwaertsLesley De CruzRozemien De TrochBert Van SchaeybroeckMathieu Jonard

A1 Journal Article in ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Consistent scale-dependency of future increases in hourly extreme precipitation in two convection-permitting climate models

Samuel HelsenNicole PM van LipzigMatthias DemuzereSam Vanden BrouckeSteven CaluwaertsLesley De CruzRozemien De TrochRafiq HamdiPiet TermoniaBert Van Schaeybroeck et al.

A1 Journal Article in CLIMATE DYNAMICS

Freeze-thaw risk in solid masonry : are ‘hygrothermal response based‘ analyses mandatory when studying the sensitivity of building envelopes to climate change?

Isabeau VandemeulebrouckeSteven CaluwaertsNathan Van Den Bossche

Intra-urban differences of outdoor thermal comfort in Ghent on seasonal level and during record-breaking 2019 heat wave

Sara TopDragan MilosevicSteven CaluwaertsRafiq HamdiStevan Savic

A1 Journal Article in BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

The responses of the ecosystems in the Tianshan North Slope under multiple representative concentration pathway scenarios in the middle of the 21st Century

Peng CaiChaofan LiGeping LuoChi ZhangFriday Uchenna OchegeSteven CaluwaertsLesley De CruzRozemien De TrochSara TopPiet Termonia et al.

A1 Journal Article in SUSTAINABILITY

The state-of-the-art of urban climate change modeling and observations

Rafiq HamdiHiroyuki KusakaQuang-Van DoanPeng CaiHuili HeGeping LuoWenhui KuangSteven CaluwaertsFrançois DuchêneBert Van Schaeybroeck et al.

A2 Journal Article in EARTH SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT

The urban climate of Ghent, Belgium : a case study combining a high-accuracy monitoring network with numerical simulations

Steven CaluwaertsRafiq HamdiSara TopDirk LauwaetJulie BerckmansDaan DegrauweHerwig DejongheKoen De RidderRozemien De TrochFrancois Duchêne et al.

A1 Journal Article in URBAN CLIMATE

The urban heat island impact on frost weathering of natural building stones in Ghent, Belgium

Daphne GuilbertSteven CaluwaertsKlaas CalleNathan Van Den BosscheVeerle CnuddeTim De Kock

Wheat yield estimation from NDVI and regional climate models in Latvia

Astrid VannoppenAnne GobinLola KotovaSara TopLesley De CruzAndris VīksnaSvetlana AniskevichLeonid BobylevLars BuntemeyerSteven Caluwaerts et al.

A1 Journal Article in REMOTE SENSING

2019

A statistical-dynamical approach to downscale regional climate data to the city level

François DuchêneSteven CaluwaertsRozemien De TrochRafiq HamdiPiet TermoniaBert Van Schaeybroeck

Climate sensitivity to land use changes over the City of Brussels

Gwenn CugnonSteven CaluwaertsFrançois DuchêneRafiq HamdiPiet TermoniaSara TopThomas VergauwenBert Van Schaeybroeck

A2 Journal Article in GEOGRAPHICA PANNONICA

Does historic construction suffer or benefit from the urban heat island effect in Ghent and global warming across Europe?

Isabeau VandemeulebrouckeKlaas CalleSteven CaluwaertsTim De KockNathan Van Den Bossche

A1 Journal Article in CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Freeze-thaw risk in solid masonry : are moisture reference years able to represent real climate conditions?

Isabeau VandemeulebrouckeSteven CaluwaertsNathan Van Den Bossche

Impact of the urban heat island on freeze-thaw risk of natural stone in the built environment, a case study in Ghent, Belgium

Daphne GuilbertSteven CaluwaertsKlaas CalleNathan Van Den BosscheVeerle CnuddeTim De Kock

A1 Journal Article in SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Modelling the urban heat island : sensitivity to land cover data

Sara TopSteven CaluwaertsBert Van SchaeybroeckRafiq HamdiFrancois DuchenePiet Termonia

Regional climate simulations for the impact of climate change over the CAS-CORDEX domain

Sara TopSvetlana AniskevichLeonid BobylevSteven CaluwaertsLesley De CruzPhilippe De MaeyerRozemien De TrochNatalia GnatiukAnne GobinRafiq Hamdi et al.

The AFTER project: filling the gap for regional climate modeling over the Central Asia CORDEX domain

Sara TopSvetlana AniskevischLeonid BobylevSteven CaluwaertsLesley De CruzPhilippe De MaeyerRozemien De TrochNatalia GnatiukAnne GobinRafiq Hamdi et al.

The influence of the urban heat island on frost risk of natural building stones : a case study in Ghent

Daphne GuilbertTim De KockSteven CaluwaertsNathan Van Den BosscheVeerle Cnudde

The urban heat island effect on frost damage of natural building stones

Daphne GuilbertTim De KockSteven CaluwaertsVeerle CnuddeKlaas CalleNathan Van Den Bossche

Using a citizen science network to study the local climate in Flanders and Brussels

Thomas VergauwenSteven CaluwaertsSara Top

2018

A new project AFTER investigates the impacts of climate change in the Europe-Russia-Turkey region

Lola KotovaSvetlana AniskevichLeonid BobylevSteven CaluwaertsLesley De CruzRozemien De TrochNatalia GnatiukAnne GobinRafiq HamdiAbdulla Sakalli et al.

A2 Journal Article in CLIMATE SERVICES

Design of the MOCCA network in the city of Ghent based on high-resolution urban modelling

Steven CaluwaertsRafiq HamdiDirk LauwaetJulie BerckmansDaan DegrauweRozemien De TrochFrançois DuchêneBino MaiheuMichiel VanginderachterMari-Leen Verdonck et al.

The CORDEX.be initiative as a foundation for climate services in Belgium

Piet TermoniaBert Van SchaeybroeckLesley De CruzRozemien De TrochSteven CaluwaertsOlivier GiotRafiq HamdiStéphane VannitsemFrançois DuchênePatrick Willems et al.

A1 Journal Article in CLIMATE SERVICES

The Ghent urban heat island effect on freeze-thaw weathering of building stones

Daphne GuilbertSteven CaluwaertsTim De Kock

Using the urban signature for downscaling the climate in different European cities

Bert Van SchaeybroeckRafiq HamdiFrançois DuchêneRozemien De TrochPiet TermoniaSteven Caluwaerts

Validation of a computationally-cheap dynamic downscaling approach for urban climate simulations

Bert Van SchaeybroeckRafiq HamdiFrançois DuchêneRozemien De TrochPiet TermoniaSteven Caluwaerts

2016

Discretization in numerical weather prediction : a modular approach to investigate spectral and local SISL methods

Steven CaluwaertsDaan DegrauweFabrice VoitusPiet Termonia

Bookchapter in Mathematical problems in meteorological modelling

High resolution isoprene emissions over Europe in past and future climate

Trissevgeni StavrakouJean-François MüllerMaite BauwensJulie BerckmansSteven CaluwaertsRozemien De TrochLesley De CruzOlivier GiotRafiq HamdiPiet Termonia et al.

Horizontal spatial discretization modularity within the spectral semi-implicit semi-Lagrangian ALADIN framework

Steven CaluwaertsPiet TermoniaDaan DegrauweHerwig Dejonghe

Monitoring the urban climate of the city of Ghent, Belgium

Steven CaluwaertsPiet TermoniaRafiq HamdiFrançois DuchêneJulie BerckmansDaan DegrauweGuy Wauters

Validation of the ALARO-0 model within the EURO-CORDEX framework

Olivier GiotPiet TermoniaDaan DegrauweRozemien De TrochSteven CaluwaertsGeert SmetJulie BerckmansAlex DeckmynLesley De CruzPieter De Meutter et al.

A1 Journal Article in GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT

2015

Importance of temporal symmetry in spatial discretization for geostrophic adjustment in semi-implicit Z-grid schemes

Steven CaluwaertsDaan DegrauwePiet TermoniaFabrice VoitusPierre BenardJean-François Geleyn

A1 Journal Article in QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

2012

Application of Boyd’s periodization and relaxation method in a spectral atmospheric limited-area model, part I: implementation and reproducibility tests

Piet TermoniaFabrice VoitusDaan DegrauweSteven CaluwaertsRafiq Hamdi

A1 Journal Article in MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW

Application of Boyd’s periodization and relaxation method in a spectral atmospheric limited-area model, part II : accuracy analysis and detailed study of the operational impact

Daan DegrauweSteven CaluwaertsFabrice VoitusRafiq HamdiPiet Termonia

A1 Journal Article in MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW