Atmospheric composition change–global and regional air quality

PS Monks, C Granier, S Fuzzi, A Stohl… - Atmospheric …, 2009 - Elsevier
Air quality transcends all scales with in the atmosphere from the local to the global with
handovers and feedbacks at each scale interaction. Air quality has manifold effects on …

[HTML][HTML] A review of earth surface thermal radiation directionality observing and modeling: Historical development, current status and perspectives

B Cao, Q Liu, Y Du, JL Roujean… - Remote Sensing of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The Earth surface thermal infrared (TIR) radiation shows conspicuously an anisotropic
behavior just like the bi-directional reflectance of visible and near infrared spectral domains …

Overview of the Meso-NH model version 5.4 and its applications

C Lac, JP Chaboureau, V Masson… - Geoscientific Model …, 2018 - gmd.copernicus.org
This paper presents the Meso-NH model version 5.4. Meso-NH is an atmospheric non
hydrostatic research model that is applied to a broad range of resolutions, from synoptic to …

The SURFEXv7. 2 land and ocean surface platform for coupled or offline simulation of earth surface variables and fluxes

V Masson, P Le Moigne, E Martin… - Geoscientific Model …, 2013 - gmd.copernicus.org
SURFEX is a new externalized land and ocean surface platform that describes the surface
fluxes and the evolution of four types of surfaces: nature, town, inland water and ocean. It is …

The urban weather generator

B Bueno, L Norford, J Hidalgo… - Journal of Building …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The increase in air temperature produced by urbanization, a phenomenon known as the
urban heat island (UHI) effect, is often neglected in current building energy simulation …

The state-of-the-art of urban climate change modeling and observations

R Hamdi, H Kusaka, QV Doan, P Cai, H He… - Earth Systems and …, 2020 - Springer
As an effect of climate change, cities need detailed information on urban climates at decision
scale that cannot be easily delivered using current observation networks, nor global and …

A resistance-capacitance network model for the analysis of the interactions between the energy performance of buildings and the urban climate

B Bueno, L Norford, G Pigeon, R Britter - Building and Environment, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper presents an urban canopy and building energy model based on a thermal
network of constant resistances and capacitances. The RC model represents the …

UrbClim–A fast urban boundary layer climate model

K De Ridder, D Lauwaet, B Maiheu - Urban Climate, 2015 - Elsevier
We present a new urban climate model, further referred to as UrbClim, designed to cover
agglomeration-scale domains at a spatial resolution of a few hundred metres. This model is …

Evaluation of 30 urban land surface models in the Urban‐PLUMBER project: Phase 1 results

MJ Lipson, S Grimmond, M Best… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Accurately predicting weather and climate in cities is critical for safeguarding human health
and strengthening urban resilience. Multimodel evaluations can lead to model …

Computationally efficient prediction of canopy level urban air temperature at the neighbourhood scale

B Bueno, M Roth, L Norford, R Li - Urban Climate, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Urban Weather Generator (UWG) is a simple and computationally efficient
model that predicts canopy level urban air temperature using meteorological information …