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Development and technical paper
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01 Apr 2020
Development and technical paper |
| 01 Apr 2020
| 01 Apr 2020
COSMO-BEP-Tree v1.0: a coupled urban climate model with explicit representation of street trees
Gianluca Mussetti
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratory for Air Pollution/Environmental Technology, Empa, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
Laboratory of Multiscale Studies in Building Physics, Empa, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
Chair of Building Physics, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
now at: Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Laboratory for Air Pollution/Environmental Technology, Empa, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
Stephan Henne
Laboratory for Air Pollution/Environmental Technology, Empa, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
Jonas Allegrini
Laboratory of Multiscale Studies in Building Physics, Empa, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
Chair of Building Physics, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
E. Scott Krayenhoff
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph ON N1G 2W1, Canada
Sebastian Schubert
Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10099 Berlin, Germany
Christian Feigenwinter
Research Group Meteorology, Climatology, and Remote Sensing, University of Basel, 4055 Basel, Switzerland
Roland Vogt
Research Group Meteorology, Climatology, and Remote Sensing, University of Basel, 4055 Basel, Switzerland
Andreas Wicki
Research Group Meteorology, Climatology, and Remote Sensing, University of Basel, 4055 Basel, Switzerland
Jan Carmeliet
Chair of Building Physics, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Short summary
Street trees are regarded as a powerful measure to reduce excessive heat in cities. To enable city-wide studies of the cooling effect of street trees, we developed a coupled urban climate model with explicit representation of street trees (COSMO-BEP-Tree). The model compares well with surface, flux and satellite observations and responds realistically to changes in tree characteristics. Street trees largely impact energy fluxes and wind speed, while air temperatures are only slightly reduced.
Street trees are regarded as a powerful measure to reduce excessive heat in cities. To enable...
