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Urban Fluid MechanicsSpecial Interest Group

Building storage heat flux parameterisation (dyOHM) for urban climate modelling

Tools & geometry 833 MB

Data and scripts to develop the dyOHM storage heat flux parameterisation and apply it in SUEWS at neighbourhood scale. Useful for urban surface energy balance modelling.

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Zenodo DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18910376
Licence
CC BY 4.0 Free to use and share, including commercially, as long as you credit the creators.
Size
833 MB

How to cite

Liu, Y., Grimmond, S., & Luo, Z. (2026). Novel parameterisation of building storage heat flux for urban climate modelling [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18910376

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Details

Resource
Software & tools, Simulation output
Method
Analytical
Geometry
Realistic neighbourhood
Topic
Parameterisation, Urban heat & thermal comfort
Quantities
Heat flux
Codes / models
SUEWS, EnergyPlus
Year
2026
Creators
Liu, Yiqing; Grimmond, Sue; Luo, Zhiwen
Institution
Cardiff University; University of Reading

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