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UrbanTALES: idealised building blocks

Simulation 224 cases

224 large-eddy simulations of flow over idealised building-block arrays. They systematically vary plan-area density (8 values, 0.0625 to 0.64), aligned and staggered layouts, 7 building-height distributions, and perpendicular or oblique wind. A parameter sweep for canopy parameterisation and model validation.

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Licence
CC BY-NC 4.0 Free to use and share for non-commercial purposes, as long as you credit the creators.
Size
224 LES cases at 0.5 m resolution

How to cite

Nazarian, N. (2025). UrbanTALES: idealised building blocks [Data set]. https://urbantales.vercel.app/download_ideal

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Details

Resource
Simulation output, Geometry
Method
LES
Geometry
Idealised array
Topic
Urban boundary layer, Parameterisation
Quantities
Velocity, Turbulence statistics, Drag
Codes / models
PALM
Year
2025
Creators
Negin Nazarian
Institution
UNSW Sydney

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