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Model evaluation paper
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29 Jul 2022
Model evaluation paper |
| 29 Jul 2022
| 29 Jul 2022
Assessment of the Paris urban heat island in ERA5 and offline SURFEX-TEB (v8.1) simulations using the METEOSAT land surface temperature product
Miguel Nogueira
Instituto Dom Luiz, IDL, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon,
1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
Cervest, Canalot Studios, Studio 133, 222 Kensal Road, London W10 5BN, UK
Alexandra Hurduc
Instituto Dom Luiz, IDL, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon,
1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
Sofia Ermida
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, IPMA, 1749-077 Lisbon, Portugal
Instituto Dom Luiz, IDL, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon,
1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
Daniela C. A. Lima
Instituto Dom Luiz, IDL, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon,
1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
Pedro M. M. Soares
Instituto Dom Luiz, IDL, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon,
1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
Instituto Dom Luiz, IDL, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon,
1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
Emanuel Dutra
Instituto Dom Luiz, IDL, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon,
1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, IPMA, 1749-077 Lisbon, Portugal
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Short summary
We evaluated the quality of the ERA5 reanalysis representation of the urban heat island (UHI) over the city of Paris and performed a set of offline runs using the SURFEX land surface model. They were compared with observations (satellite and in situ). The SURFEX-TEB runs showed the best performance in representing the UHI, reducing its bias significantly. We demonstrate the ability of the SURFEX-TEB framework to simulate urban climate, which is crucial for studying climate change in cities.
We evaluated the quality of the ERA5 reanalysis representation of the urban heat island (UHI)...
