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Multi-layer coupling between SURFEX-TEB-v9.0 and Meso-NH-v5.3 for modelling the urban climate of high-rise cities
Robert Schoetter
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CNRM, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, 42 avenue Gaspard Coriolis, 31057, CEDEX 1, Toulouse, France
Yu Ting Kwok
School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Cécile de Munck
CNRM, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, 42 avenue Gaspard Coriolis, 31057, CEDEX 1, Toulouse, France
Kevin Ka Lun Lau
Institute of Future Cities, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Wai Kin Wong
Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China
Valéry Masson
CNRM, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, 42 avenue Gaspard Coriolis, 31057, CEDEX 1, Toulouse, France
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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.
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