# The parameters in this table may vary greatly from city to city. # The default values are probably not appropriate for any given city. # Users should adapt these values based on the city they are working # with. # Urban Parameters depending on Urban type # USGS Number of urban categories: 3 # # Where there are multiple columns of values, the values refer, in # order, to: 1) UZE High-density urban zone, 2) UZE medium-density # urban zone, and 3) UZE Low-density urban zone: I.e.: # # Index: 1 2 3 # UZE Urban Zone: Low Dens, Med Dens, High Dens # # # ZR: Roof level (building height) [ m ] # (sf_urban_physics=1) ZR: 6.0, 15.0, 18.0 # # SIGMA_ZED: Standard Deviation of roof height [ m ] # (sf_urban_physics=1) SIGMA_ZED: 1.0, 1.5, 3.0 # # ROOF_WIDTH: Roof (i.e., building) width [ m ] # (sf_urban_physics=1) ROOF_WIDTH: 8.0, 20.0, 22.0 # # ROAD_WIDTH: road width [ m ] # (sf_urban_physics=1) # ROAD_WIDTH: 15.0, 10.0, 8.0 # # AH: Anthropogenic heat [ W m{-2} ] # (sf_urban_physics=1) # AH: 20.0, 50.0, 90.0 # # FRC_URB: Fraction of the urban landscape which does not have natural # vegetation. [ Fraction ] # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3) # FRC_URB: 0.5, 0.6, 0.75 # # CAPR: Heat capacity of roof [ J m{-3} K{-1} ] # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3) # CAPR: 1.0E6, 1.2E6, 1.5E6, # # CAPB: Heat capacity of building wall [ J m{-3} K{-1} ] # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3) # CAPB: 1.2E6, 1.2E6, 1.4E6, # # CAPG: Heat capacity of ground (road) [ J m{-3} K{-1} ] # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3) # CAPG: 1.5E6, 1.5E6, 1.5E6, # # AKSR: Thermal conductivity of roof [ J m{-1} s{-1} K{-1} ] # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3) # AKSR: 0.4, 0.4, 0.8, # # AKSB: Thermal conductivity of building wall [ J m{-1} s{-1} K{-1} ] # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3) # AKSB: 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, # # AKSG: Thermal conductivity of ground (road) [ J m{-1} s{-1} K{-1} ] # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3) # AKSG: 0.8, 0.8, 0.8, # # ALBR: Surface albedo of roof [ fraction ] # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3) # ALBR: 0.15, 0.10, 0.10 # # ALBB: Surface albedo of building wall [ fraction ] # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3) # ALBB: 0.10, 0.10, 0.10 # # ALBG: Surface albedo of ground (road) [ fraction ] # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3) # ALBG: 0.15, 0.15, 0.15 # # EPSR: Surface emissivity of roof [ - ] # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3) # EPSR: 0.85, 0.85, 0.85 # # EPSB: Surface emissivity of building wall [-] # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3) # EPSB: 0.90, 0.90, 0.90 # # EPSG: Surface emissivity of ground (road) [ - ] # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3) # EPSG: 0.95, 0.95, 0.95 # # Z0B: Roughness length for momentum, over building wall [ m ] # Only active for CH_SCHEME == 1 # (sf_urban_physics=1) # Z0B: 0.0001, 0.0001, 0.0001 # # Z0G: Roughness length for momentum, over ground (road) [ m ] # Only active for CH_SCHEME == 1 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3) # Z0G: 0.01, 0.01, 0.01 # # Z0R: Roughness length for momentum over roof [ m ] # (sf_urban_physics=2,3) # Z0R: 0.01, 0.01, 0.01 # # AKANDA_URBAN: Coefficient modifying the Kanda approach to computing # surface layer exchange coefficients. # (sf_urban_physics=1) AKANDA_URBAN: 1.29 1.29 1.29 # # COP: Coefficient of performance of the A/C systems [ - ] # (sf_urban_physics=3) # COP: 3.5, 3.5, 3.5 # # PWIN: Coverage area fraction of windows in the walls of the building [ - ] # (sf_urban_physics=3) # PWIN: 0.2, 0.2, 0.2 # # BETA: Thermal efficiency of heat exchanger # (sf_urban_physics=3) # BETA: 0.75, 0.75, 0.75 # # SW_COND: Air conditioning switch, 1=ON # (sf_urban_physics=3) # SW_COND: 1, 1, 1 # # TIME_ON: Initial local time of A/C systems, [ h ] # (sf_urban_physics=3) # TIME_ON: 0., 0., 0. # # TIME_OFF: End local time of A/C systems, [ h ] # (sf_urban_physics=3) # TIME_OFF: 24., 24., 24. # # TARGTEMP: Target Temperature of the A/C systems, [ K ] # (sf_urban_physics=3) # TARGTEMP: 298., 298., 297. # # GAPTEMP: Comfort Range of the indoor Temperature, [ K ] # (sf_urban_physics=3) # GAPTEMP: 0.5, 0.5, 0.5 # # TARGHUM: Target humidity of the A/C systems, [ Kg/Kg ] # (sf_urban_physics=3) # TARGHUM: 0.005, 0.005, 0.005 # # GAPHUM: Comfort Range of the specific humidity, [ Kg/Kg ] # (sf_urban_physics=3) # GAPHUM: 0.005, 0.005, 0.005 # # PERFLO: Peak number of occupants per unit floor area, [ person/m^2 ] # (sf_urban_physics=3) # PERFLO: 0.01, 0.01, 0.02 # # HSEQUIP: Diurnal heating profile of heat generated by equipments # (sf_urban_physics=3) # HSEQUIP: 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 # # HSEQUIP_SCALE_FACTOR: Peak heat generated by equipments, [ W/m^2 ] # (sf_urban_physics=3) # HSEQUIP_SCALE_FACTOR: 16.00, 20.00, 36.00 STREET PARAMETERS: # (sf_urban_physics=2,3) # urban street street building # category direction width width # [index] [deg from N] [m] [m] 1 0.0 30. 13. 1 90.0 30. 13. 2 0.0 25. 17. 2 90.0 25. 17. 3 0.0 20. 20. 3 90.0 20. 20. END STREET PARAMETERS BUILDING HEIGHTS: 1 # (sf_urban_physics=2,3) # height Percentage # [m] [%] 5.0 15.0 10.0 70.0 15.0 15.0 END BUILDING HEIGHTS BUILDING HEIGHTS: 2 # (sf_urban_physics=2,3) # height Percentage # [m] [%] 5.0 0.0 10.0 20.0 15.0 60.0 20.0 20.0 END BUILDING HEIGHTS BUILDING HEIGHTS: 3 # (sf_urban_physics=2,3) # height Percentage # [m] [%] 5.0 0.0 10.0 0.0 15.0 10.0 20.0 25.0 25.0 40.0 30.0 25.0 35.0 0.0 END BUILDING HEIGHTS # # DDZR: Thickness of each roof layer [ m ] # This is currently NOT a function urban type, but a function # of the number of layers. Number of layers must be 4, for now. # (sf_urban_physics=1) DDZR: 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05 # # DDZB: Thickness of each building wall layer [ m ] # This is currently NOT a function urban type, but a function # of the number of layers. Number of layers must be 4, for now. # (sf_urban_physics=1) # DDZB: 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05 # # DDZG: Thickness of each ground (road) layer [ m ] # This is currently NOT a function urban type, but a function # of the number of layers. Number of layers must be 4, for now. # (sf_urban_physics=1) # DDZG: 0.05, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 # # BOUNDR: Lower boundary condition for roof layer temperature [ 1: Zero-Flux, 2: T = Constant ] # (sf_urban_physics=1) # BOUNDR: 1 # # BOUNDB: Lower boundary condition for wall layer temperature [ 1: Zero-Flux, 2: T = Constant ] # (sf_urban_physics=1) # BOUNDB: 1 # # BOUNDG: Lower boundary condition for ground (road) layer temperature [ 1: Zero-Flux, 2: T = Constant ] # (sf_urban_physics=1) # BOUNDG: 1 # # TRLEND: Lower boundary condition for roof temperature [ K ] # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3) # TRLEND: 293.00, 293.00, 293.00 # # TBLEND: Lower boundary temperature for building wall temperature [ K ] # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3) # TBLEND: 293.00, 293.00, 293.00 # # TGLEND: Lower boundary temperature for ground (road) temperature [ K ] # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3) # TGLEND: 293.00, 293.00, 293.00 # # Ch of Wall and Road [ 1: M-O Similarity Theory, 2: Empirical Form of Narita et al., 1997 (recommended) ] # (sf_urban_physics=1) # CH_SCHEME: 2 # # Surface and Layer Temperatures [ 1: 4-layer model, 2: Force-Restore method ] # (sf_urban_physics=1) # TS_SCHEME: 1 # # AHOPTION [ 0: No anthropogenic heating, 1: Anthropogenic heating will be added to sensible heat flux term ] # (sf_urban_physics=1) # AHOPTION: 0 # # Anthropogenic Heating diurnal profile. # Multiplication factor applied to AH (as defined in the table above) # Hourly values ( 24 of them ), starting at 01 hours Local Time. # For sub-hourly model time steps, value changes on the hour and is # held constant until the next hour. # (sf_urban_physics=1) # # AHDIUPRF: 0.16 0.13 0.08 0.07 0.08 0.26 0.67 0.99 0.89 0.79 0.74 0.73 0.75 0.76 0.82 0.90 1.00 0.95 0.68 0.61 0.53 0.35 0.21 0.18