Multi-layer coupling between SURFEX-TEB-v9.0 and Meso-NH-v5.3 for modelling the urban climate of high-rise cities

Schoetter, Robert; Kwok, Yu Ting; de Munck, Cécile; Lau, Kevin Ka Lun; Wong, Wai Kin; Masson, Valéry

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5609-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5609-2020

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The externalised surface model SURFEX

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5609-2020

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Articles | Volume 13, issue 11

Development and technical paper

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18 Nov 2020

Development and technical paper |

| 18 Nov 2020

Multi-layer coupling between SURFEX-TEB-v9.0 and Meso-NH-v5.3 for modelling the urban climate of high-rise cities

Robert Schoetter, Yu Ting Kwok, Cécile de Munck, Kevin Ka Lun Lau, Wai Kin Wong, and Valéry Masson

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SC1: 'executive editor comment on gmd-2020-190', Astrid Kerkweg, 08 Jul 2020
- AC1: 'Creation of software archive on zenodo', Robert Schoetter, 09 Jul 2020
RC1: 'Comments on gmd-2020-190', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Jul 2020
- AC2: 'Response to Rev #1', Robert Schoetter, 04 Sep 2020
RC2: 'review of GMD-2020-190', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Aug 2020
- AC3: 'Response to Rev #2', Robert Schoetter, 04 Sep 2020

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ED: Publish as is (05 Oct 2020) by Leena Järvi

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Short summary

Cities change the local meteorological conditions, e.g. by increasing air temperature, which can negatively impact humans and infrastructure. The urban climate model TEB is able to calculate the meteorological conditions in low- and mid-rise cities since it interacts with the lowest level of an atmospheric model. Here, a multi-layer coupling of TEB is introduced to enable modelling the urban climate of cities with many skyscrapers; the new version is tested for the high-rise city of Hong Kong.