Improvements to the hydrological processes of the Town Energy Balance model (TEB-Veg, SURFEX v7.3) for urban modelling and impact assessment

Stavropulos-Laffaille, Xenia; Chancibault, Katia; Brun, Jean-Marc; Lemonsu, Aude; Masson, Valéry; Boone, Aaron; Andrieu, Hervé

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-4175-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-4175-2018

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The externalised surface model SURFEX

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-4175-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 10

Development and technical paper

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16 Oct 2018

Development and technical paper |

| 16 Oct 2018

Improvements to the hydrological processes of the Town Energy Balance model (TEB-Veg, SURFEX v7.3) for urban modelling and impact assessment

Xenia Stavropulos-Laffaille, Katia Chancibault, Jean-Marc Brun, Aude Lemonsu, Valéry Masson, Aaron Boone, and Hervé Andrieu

Data sets

Source code and run directories for Stavropulos-Laffaille et al. (GMD): Improvements of the hydrological processes of the Town Energy Balance Model (TEB-Veg, SURFEX v7.3) for urban modelling and impact assessment X. Stavropulos-Laffaille, K. Chancibault, J.-M. Brun, A. Lemonsu, V. Masson , A. Boone, and H. Andrieu https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1218016

Model code and software

Source code and run directories for Stavropulos-Laffaille et al. (GMD): Improvements of the hydrological processes of the Town Energy Balance Model (TEB-Veg, SURFEX v7.3) for urban modelling and impact assessment X. Stavropulos-Laffaille, K. Chancibault, J.-M. Brun, A. Lemonsu, V. Masson , A. Boone, and H. Andrieu https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1218016

Short summary

Integrating vegetation in urban planning is promoted to counter steer potential impacts of climate and demographic changes. Assessing the multiple benefits of such strategies on the urban microclimate requires a detailed coupling of both the water and energy transfers in numerical tools. In this respect, the representation of water-related processes in the urban subsoil of the existing model TEB-Veg has been improved. The new model thus allows a better evaluation of urban adaptation strategies.