WRF-Comfort: simulating microscale variability in outdoor heat stress at the city scale with a mesoscale model

Martilli, Alberto; Nazarian, Negin; Krayenhoff, E. Scott; Lachapelle, Jacob; Lu, Jiachen; Rivas, Esther; Rodriguez-Sanchez, Alejandro; Sanchez, Beatriz; Santiago, José Luis

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-5023-2024

Articles | Volume 17, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-5023-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-5023-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 12

Model description paper

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27 Jun 2024

Model description paper |

| 27 Jun 2024

WRF-Comfort: simulating microscale variability in outdoor heat stress at the city scale with a mesoscale model

Alberto Martilli, Negin Nazarian, E. Scott Krayenhoff, Jacob Lachapelle, Jiachen Lu, Esther Rivas, Alejandro Rodriguez-Sanchez, Beatriz Sanchez, and José Luis Santiago

Data sets

data shown in manuscript “WRF-Comfort: Sim- ulating micro-scale variability of outdoor heat stress at the city scale with a mesoscale model” Alberto Martilli https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8199017

Model code and software

WRF-comfort Alberto Martilli https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7951433

Short summary

Here, we present a model that quantifies the thermal stress and its microscale variability at a city scale with a mesoscale model. This tool can have multiple applications, from early warnings of extreme heat to the vulnerable population to the evaluation of the effectiveness of heat mitigation strategies. It is the first model that includes information on microscale variability in a mesoscale model, something that is essential for fully evaluating heat stress.