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Model evaluation paper
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10 Aug 2023
Model evaluation paper |
| 10 Aug 2023
| 10 Aug 2023
Simulating heat and CO2 fluxes in Beijing using SUEWS V2020b: sensitivity to vegetation phenology and maximum conductance
Yingqi Zheng
State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China
Minttu Havu
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
Huizhi Liu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, China
Xueling Cheng
State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China
Yifan Wen
School of Environment, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Hei Shing Lee
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
Joyson Ahongshangbam
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
Leena Järvi
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
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Short summary
The performance of the Surface Urban Energy and Water Balance Scheme (SUEWS) is evaluated against the observed surface exchanges (fluxes) of heat and carbon dioxide in a densely built neighborhood in Beijing. The heat flux modeling is noticeably improved by using the observed maximum conductance and by optimizing the vegetation phenology modeling. SUEWS also performs well in simulating carbon dioxide flux.
The performance of the Surface Urban Energy and Water Balance Scheme (SUEWS) is evaluated...
