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Single-column simulations and tower observations of the London urban boundary layer

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Single-column WRF output and observations from the King's College London tower used to study urban boundary-layer processes. Useful for evaluating urban boundary-layer schemes.

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Zenodo DOI 10.5281/zenodo.3897222
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CC BY 4.0 Free to use and share, including commercially, as long as you credit the creators.
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165 MB

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Tsiringakis, A., Holtslag, A. A., Grimmond, S., & Steeneveld, G.-J. (2020). Model and observational dataset used in Tsiringakis, A. , Holtslag, A.A.M., Grimmond, S. and Steeneveld, G.J. Surface and atmospheric driven variability of the single-layer urban canopy model under clear sky conditions over London, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3897222

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Details

Resource
Simulation output, Measurements
Method
Mesoscale model, Field
Geometry
City scale
Topic
Urban boundary layer
Quantities
Temperature, Wind profile
Instrument
Tall tower
Codes / models
WRF
Location
London, UK · more from London, United Kingdom
Year
2020
Creators
Aristofanis Tsiringakis; Albert A.M. Holtslag; Sue Grimmond; Gert-Jan Steeneveld
Institution
Reading University; Wageningen University & Research

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