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U-Surf-WRF: code to use U-Surf urban surface data in WRF

Simulation 13 GB

Code modifications making the U-Surf dataset compatible with WRF.

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Zenodo DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15217359
Licence
CC BY 4.0 Free to use and share, including commercially, as long as you credit the creators.
Size
13.2 GB

How to cite

Jiang, T., Cheng, Y., Mukherjee, R., Chakraborty, T., Zhao, L., & Martilli, A. (2025). U-Surf-WRF: Modifications to U-Surf and the WRF model for compatibility [Computer software]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15217359

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Details

Resource
Software & tools
Method
Mesoscale model
Geometry
City scale
Topic
Parameterisation
Codes / models
WRF
Year
2025
Creators
Jiang, Timothy; Cheng, Yifan; Mukherjee, Rohit; Chakraborty, TC; Zhao, Lei; Martilli, Alberto
Institution
Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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