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Urban flow and climate datasets for France

6 open urban flow resources for France: 4 field measurements and 2 simulation datasets. They cover urban boundary layer, parameterisation and dispersion & air quality. Each entry links to the original repository, with its licence, creators and how to cite it.

  • 6 resources
  • 4 field
  • 2 simulation
  • 1 benchmark

All 6 resources, largest first

  1. urbisphere Doppler wind lidar: Paris

    11 parts

    Raw Doppler wind lidar measurements at the Paris-region site Arboretum Vallee-aux-Loups from the urbisphere campaign. Useful for urban boundary-layer wind and turbulence profiles.

    Collection · 11 parts Field Measurements

    Paris, France · 2025 · Restricted · Paper: Harmonised boundary layer wind profile dataset from six ground-based doppler wind lidars in a transect across Paris, France ↗ +2

  2. Regional climate model test case for Paris (CORDEX FPS URB-RCC)

    35 GB

    Core dataset for testing regional climate models and urban schemes over Paris.

    Simulation Case setupSimulation output Mesoscale model

    Paris, France · 2026 · CC BY 4.0

  3. Year-long urban energy-balance and boundary-layer campaign in Toulouse (CAPITOUL)

    Météo-France/CNRM campaign from February 2004 to February 2005: a city-centre flux tower and surface stations, boundary-layer profilers and intensive periods on the urban heat island, the urban boundary layer and aerosols. Widely used to evaluate urban canopy schemes such as TEB.

    Benchmark Field Measurements

    Toulouse, France · 2005 · On request · Paper: The Canopy and Aerosol Particles Interactions in TOulouse Urban Layer (CAPITOUL) experiment ↗

  4. Atmospheric dispersion simulations over the Paris Opera district

    10 GB

    Numerical dispersion simulations over the Paris Opera district using the PMSS model.

    Simulation Simulation output RANS

    Paris Opera district, France · 2026 · CC BY 4.0

  5. Urban wind turning over Paris: derived data and code

    11 MB

    Derived tables and scripts on wind turning with Paris wind and ERA5 boundary-layer height.

    Field MeasurementsSoftware & tools

    Paris, France · 2026 · CC BY 4.0

  6. Radiosonde profiles from the urbisphere Paris campaign (2023–24)

    Raw radiosonde (windsond) profiles during the urbisphere Paris campaign. Useful for urban boundary-layer structure.

    Field Measurements

    Paris, France · 2025 · Restricted