Articles | Volume 14, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-4443-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-4443-2021
Model experiment description paper
 | 
20 Jul 2021
Model experiment description paper |  | 20 Jul 2021

Sensitivity analysis of the PALM model system 6.0 in the urban environment

Michal Belda, Jaroslav Resler, Jan Geletič, Pavel Krč, Björn Maronga, Matthias Sühring, Mona Kurppa, Farah Kanani-Sühring, Vladimír Fuka, Kryštof Eben, Nina Benešová, and Mikko Auvinen

Download

Interactive discussion

Status: closed
Status: closed
AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment
Printer-friendly Version - Printer-friendly version Supplement - Supplement

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
AR by Michal Belda on behalf of the Authors (14 Feb 2021)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (23 Feb 2021) by Simon Unterstrasser
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (18 Mar 2021)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (29 Mar 2021) by Simon Unterstrasser
AR by Michal Belda on behalf of the Authors (04 Jun 2021)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (07 Jun 2021) by Simon Unterstrasser
AR by Michal Belda on behalf of the Authors (17 Jun 2021)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (18 Jun 2021) by Simon Unterstrasser
AR by Michal Belda on behalf of the Authors (21 Jun 2021)
Download
Short summary
The analysis summarizes how sensitive the modelling of urban environment is to changes in physical parameters describing the city (e.g. reflectivity of surfaces) and to several heat island mitigation scenarios in a city quarter in Prague, Czech Republic. We used the large-eddy simulation modelling system PALM 6.0. Surface parameters connected to radiation show the highest sensitivity in this configuration. For heat island mitigation, urban vegetation is shown to be the most effective measure.