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Mesoscale simulations comparing urban canopy model configurations

Simulation 145 MB

WRF simulations with several urban canopy model configurations used to study urban weather modelling. Useful for comparing urban parameterisations.

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Zenodo DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15191965
Licence
CC BY 4.0 Free to use and share, including commercially, as long as you credit the creators.
Size
145 MB · 145 MB

How to cite

Lin, T.-S., Joshi, P., He, C., & Lamer, K. (2025). WRF urban canopy models simulations dataset [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15191965

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Details

Resource
Simulation output
Method
Mesoscale model
Geometry
City scale
Topic
Parameterisation, Urban heat & thermal comfort
Quantities
Temperature
Codes / models
WRF
Year
2025
Creators
Lin, Tzu-Shun; Joshi, Parag; He, Cenlin; Lamer, Katia

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