Research

Urban climate, canopy modelling, and climate extremes

My research connects urban climate modelling with atmospheric data analysis. Recent work focuses on ICON, TERRA_URB, BEP-Tree, urban morphology, street trees, and human thermal comfort.

Publications

Urban Climate, 2026 Evaluating the role of Urban Canopy Parameters in ICON TERRA_URB

Donmez, K., Stagakis, S., Ponomarev, N., Schulz, J.-P., and Brunner, D. Urban Climate, 68, 103018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2026.103018

International Journal of Climatology, 2024 Future change of humid heat extremes and population exposure in Türkiye

Donmez, B., Donmez, K., Yuruk Sonuc, C., and Unal, Y. International Journal of Climatology, 44(11), 3912-3929. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.8559

Atmospheric Research, 2023 Boundary-dependent urban impacts on timing, pattern, and magnitude of heavy rainfall in Istanbul

Donmez, K., Donmez, B., Ustun, H.D-U., and Unal, Y. Atmospheric Research, 106681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.106681

Urban Climate, 2022 Urbanization-induced changes in convective and frontal precipitation events in Ankara

Donmez, B., Donmez, K., Ustun, H.D-U., and Unal, Y. Urban Climate, 46, 101316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2022.101316

Selected Presentations

Upcoming - Beat the Heat, Bern, 2026 A ComIn-Based Urban Canopy Model Coupling for ICON with Subgrid Thermal Comfort Diagnostics

Dönmez, K. and Brunner, D. Bern, Switzerland, 9 Sep 2026.

ICCARUS, Offenbach, 2025 Enhancing Urban Climate Simulations with ICON TERRA_URB: A Case Study of Zurich Using Improved Urban Canopy Representations

Dönmez, K. and Brunner, D. Offenbach, Germany, 10-14 Mar 2025.

Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Basel, 2024 Improved Urban Climate Simulations in ICON TERRA_URB

Dönmez, K., Emmenegger, L., and Brunner, D. Basel, Switzerland.

EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2024 Urban Climate and CO2 Simulations with the New Atmospheric Model ICON-ART Accounting for Spatially Varying Urban Morphology and Material Properties

Dönmez, K., Emmenegger, L., and Brunner, D. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-3375

COSMO-ICON User Workshop, Zurich, 2024 Urban Climate and CO2 Simulations with ICON-ART Accounting for Spatially Varying Urban Properties

Dönmez, K., Emmenegger, L., and Brunner, D.

Research Interests

Urban meteorology Urban canopy models Street trees Human thermal comfort Numerical weather prediction Climate modelling Extreme precipitation Statistics in atmospheric sciences Big-data analysis