PALM-USM v1.0: A New Urban Surface Model Integrated into the PALM Large-eddy Simulation Model

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985807%3A_____%2F17%3A00478793" target="_blank" >RIV/67985807:_____/17:00478793 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/68407700:21260/17:00320866 RIV/00216208:11320/17:10369057

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-3635-2017" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-3635-2017</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-3635-2017" target="_blank" >10.5194/gmd-10-3635-2017</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

PALM-USM v1.0: A New Urban Surface Model Integrated into the PALM Large-eddy Simulation Model

Original language description

Urban areas are an important part of the climate system and many aspects of urban climate have a direct effect on human health and living conditions. This implies the need for a reliable tool for climatology studies that supports urban planning and development strategies. However, a realistic implementation of urban canopy processes still poses a serious challenge for weather and climate modelling for the current generation of numerical models. To address this demand, a new model of energy processes for urban environments was 5 developed as an Urban Surface Model (USM) and integrated as a module into the large-eddy simulation (LES) model PALM. The USM contains a multi-reflection radiation model for short and long wave radiation, calculation of the energy balance on horizontal and vertical impervious surfaces, thermal diffusion in ground, wall and roof materials and anthropogenic heat from transportation. The module also models absorption of radiation by resolved plant canopy (i.e. trees, shrubs). The USM was parallelized using MPI and performance testing demonstrates that the computational costs 10 of the USM are reasonable and the model scales well on typical cluster configurations. The module was fully integrated into PALM and is available via its online repository under GNU General Public License (GPL). The implementation was tested on a summer heat wave episode in the real conditions of a selected Prague crossroad. General patterns of temperature of various surface types (walls, pavement) are in good agreement with observations. The coupled LES-USM system appears to correct the bias found between observations and mesoscale model predictions for the near-surface air temperature. The results, however, 15 show a strong dependence on the prescribed surface and wall material properties. Their exact knowledge is thus essential for the correct prediction of the flow in the urban canopy layer.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10509 - Meteorology and atmospheric sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Geoscientific Model Development

ISSN

1991-959X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

10

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

25

Pages from-to

3635-3659

UT code for WoS article

000412588500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85032189825