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Urban flow and climate datasets for London
8 open urban flow resources for London: 4 field measurements, 1 laboratory experiment and 3 simulation datasets. They cover urban boundary layer and wind loads & pedestrian wind. Each entry links to the original repository, with its licence, creators and how to cite it.
- 8 resources
- 4 field
- 1 lab
- 3 simulation
All 8 resources, largest first
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Part I of wind-tunnel flow measurements in a 1:200 model of part of Southwark, London, examining tall buildings and height variability. Useful for validating urban flow models.
Collection · 2 parts Lab Measurements Wind tunnel
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Scanning Doppler lidar and sonic anemometer data used to observe tall-building wakes in London.
Field Measurements
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41 PALM NetCDF files of building-resolved wind fields for Camden, London, for scientific machine learning.
Simulation Simulation output LESML / surrogate
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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.
Field Simulation outputMeasurements Mesoscale model
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Met Office UKV output for 109 days (2016-2018) used to evaluate urban sensible heat flux skill. Useful for urban NWP evaluation.
Simulation Simulation output Mesoscale model
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One-minute wind speed and direction at 16 m from a Gill sonic at Honor Oak Park, London.
Field Measurements
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Met Office UKV model output for two days used to evaluate urban sensible heat fluxes against scintillometry in London. Useful for urban NWP evaluation.
Simulation Simulation output Mesoscale model
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Mixed layer height from a ceilometer at Marylebone Road, London, 2012.
Field Measurements