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High-resolution heat-extreme simulations of Sydney

Simulation 2.6 GB

WRF geo_em, wrfinput and wrfout files for high-resolution heat extreme runs over Sydney, with urban morphology.

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Zenodo DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18960698
Licence
CC BY 4.0 Free to use and share, including commercially, as long as you credit the creators.
Size
2.6 GB

How to cite

Fazeli, M., Nazarian, N., Evans, J., Lipson, M., GABEIRAS PENAS, J., Sharma, S., & Martilli, A. (2026). WRF Files - Fazeli et al 2026 [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18960698

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Details

Resource
Simulation output, Case setup
Method
Mesoscale model
Geometry
City scale
Topic
Urban heat & thermal comfort
Quantities
Temperature
Codes / models
WRF
Location
Sydney, Australia
Year
2026
Creators
Fazeli, Maryam; Nazarian, Negin; Evans, Jason; Lipson, Mathew; GABEIRAS PENAS, Jacobo; Sharma, Shankar; Martilli, Alberto
Institution
Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas; UNSW Sydney; Université Grenoble Alpes

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