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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-335-2020
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-335-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Model description paper
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31 Jan 2020
Model description paper | Highlight paper |
| 31 Jan 2020
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An urban ecohydrological model to quantify the effect of vegetation on urban climate and hydrology (UT&C v1.0)
ETH Zurich, Future Cities Laboratory, Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore
Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Gabriele Manoli
Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London, London, UK
Paolo Burlando
Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Elie Bou-Zeid
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Winston T. L. Chow
School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Andrew M. Coutts
School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Melbourne, Australia
Edoardo Daly
Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
Kerry A. Nice
School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Melbourne, Australia
Transport, Health, and Urban Design Hub, Faculty of Architecture, Building, and Planning, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Matthias Roth
Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Nigel J. Tapper
School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Melbourne, Australia
Erik Velasco
Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology, National Parks Board, Singapore
Enrique R. Vivoni
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
Simone Fatichi
Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Model code and software
Urban Tethys-Chloris (UT&C v1.0) N. Meili, and S. Fatichi https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3548147
Short summary
We developed a novel urban ecohydrological model (UT&C v1.0) that is able to account for the effects of different plant types on the urban climate and hydrology, as well as the effects of the urban environment on plant well-being and performance. UT&C performs well when compared against energy flux measurements in three cities in different climates (Singapore, Melbourne, Phoenix) and can be used to assess urban climate mitigation strategies that aim at increasing or changing urban green cover.
We developed a novel urban ecohydrological model (UT&C v1.0) that is able to account for the...
