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Development and technical paper
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09 Jul 2019
Development and technical paper |
| 09 Jul 2019
| 09 Jul 2019
A Python-enhanced urban land surface model SuPy (SUEWS in Python, v2019.2): development, deployment and demonstration
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6BB,
UK
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6BB,
UK
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Short summary
A Python-enhanced urban land surface model, SuPy (SUEWS in Python), is presented with its development (the SUEWS interface modification, F2PY configuration and Python frontend implementation), cross-platform deployment (PyPI, Python Package Index) and demonstration (online tutorials in Jupyter notebooks for users of different levels). SuPy represents a significant enhancement that supports existing and new model applications, reproducibility and enhanced functionality.
A Python-enhanced urban land surface model, SuPy (SUEWS in Python), is presented with its...
