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uDALES 1.0: a large-eddy simulation model for urban environments
Ivo Suter
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
Tom Grylls
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
Birgit S. Sützl
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
Chair of Building Physics, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland
Sam O. Owens
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
Chris E. Wilson
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
Maarten van Reeuwijk
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Short summary
Cities are increasingly moving to the fore of climate and air quality research due to their central role in the population’s health and well-being, while suitable models remain scarce. This article describes the development of a new urban LES model, which allows examining the effects of various processes, infrastructure and vegetation on the local climate and air quality. Possible applications are demonstrated and a comparison to an experiment is shown.
Cities are increasingly moving to the fore of climate and air quality research due to their...
