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Observed and modelled near-ground winds over heterogeneous urban surfaces

Simulation

Observed and simulated near-ground wind data from two model configurations over heterogeneous urban surfaces. Useful for evaluating urban wind models.

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Zenodo DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18949591
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Liu, Z., & Rao, Z. (2026). An Observation-Driven Model for Simulating Urban Near-ground Wind Fields under Heterogeneous Underlying Surfaces [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18949591

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Details

Resource
Simulation output, Measurements
Method
Mesoscale model
Geometry
City scale
Topic
Urban boundary layer
Quantities
Velocity
Instrument
Weather station
Year
2026
Creators
Liu, Zhenxin; Rao, Zifeng
Institution
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

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