Efficiently modelling urban heat storage: an interface conduction scheme in an urban land surface model (aTEB v2.0)

Lipson, Mathew J.; Hart, Melissa A.; Thatcher, Marcus

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-991-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-991-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-991-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 2

Development and technical paper

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01 Mar 2017

Development and technical paper |

| 01 Mar 2017

Efficiently modelling urban heat storage: an interface conduction scheme in an urban land surface model (aTEB v2.0)

Mathew J. Lipson, Melissa A. Hart, and Marcus Thatcher

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SC1: 'Executive Editor Comment on "Efficiently modelling urban heat storage: an interface conduction scheme in the aTEB urban land surface model"', Astrid Kerkweg, 24 Oct 2016
- AC1: 'Revision of title to include model version', Mathew Lipson, 24 Jan 2017
RC1: 'Review of "Efficiently modelling urban heat storage: an interface conduction scheme in the aTEB urban land surface model"', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Dec 2016
- AC2: 'Response to RC1', Mathew Lipson, 27 Jan 2017
RC2: 'Anonymous reviewer 2 comments', Jatin Kala, 21 Dec 2016
- AC3: 'Response to RC2', Mathew Lipson, 27 Jan 2017
AC4: 'Revised manuscript with changes tracked', Mathew Lipson, 27 Jan 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Mathew Lipson on behalf of the Authors (27 Jan 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (01 Feb 2017) by Jatin Kala

AR by Mathew Lipson on behalf of the Authors (09 Feb 2017)

Short summary

City-scale models describing the surface energy balance have difficulties representing heat storage in urban materials. This paper proposes an alternative method to discretise heat conduction through urban materials. We compare the new method with an approach commonly used in urban models and find the new method better matches exact solutions to heat transfer for a wide variety of urban material compositions. We also find the new method improves the bulk energy flux response of an urban model.