Importance of radiative transfer processes in urban climate models: a study based on the PALM 6.0 model system

Salim, Mohamed H.; Schubert, Sebastian; Resler, Jaroslav; Krč, Pavel; Maronga, Björn; Kanani-Sühring, Farah; Sühring, Matthias; Schneider, Christoph

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-145-2022

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Methods for assessment of models

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10 Jan 2022

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Importance of radiative transfer processes in urban climate models: a study based on the PALM 6.0 model system

Mohamed H. Salim, Sebastian Schubert, Jaroslav Resler, Pavel Krč, Björn Maronga, Farah Kanani-Sühring, Matthias Sühring, and Christoph Schneider

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RC1: 'Importance of radiative transfer processes in urban climate models: A study based on the PALM model system 6.0', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Feb 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC1', Mohamed Salim, 02 Nov 2021
SC1: 'Comment on gmd-2020-94', Ibrahim Mohamed, 25 Aug 2021
- AC1: 'Reply on SC1', Mohamed Salim, 01 Nov 2021
RC2: 'Review of Salim et al.: "Importance of radiative transfer processes in urban climate models: A study based on the PALM model system 6.0"', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Sep 2021
- AC3: 'Reply on RC2', Mohamed Salim, 02 Nov 2021

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AR by Mohamed Salim on behalf of the Authors (02 Nov 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (09 Nov 2021) by Gerd A. Folberth

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (15 Nov 2021)

ED: Publish as is (25 Nov 2021) by Gerd A. Folberth

Short summary

Radiative transfer processes are the main energy transport mechanism in urban areas which influence the surface energy budget and drive local convection. We show here the importance of each process to help modellers decide on how much detail they should include in their models to parameterize radiative transfer in urban areas. We showed how the flow field may change in response to these processes and the essential processes needed to assure acceptable quality of the numerical simulations.