Articles | Volume 18, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-141-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-141-2025
Development and technical paper
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14 Jan 2025
Development and technical paper |  | 14 Jan 2025

Simulation of the heat mitigation potential of unsealing measures in cities by parameterizing grass grid pavers for urban microclimate modelling with ENVI-met (V5)

Nils Eingrüber, Alina Domm, Wolfgang Korres, and Karl Schneider

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-697', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Jul 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Nils Eingrüber, 29 Jul 2024
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-697', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Aug 2024
    • AC3: 'Reply on RC2', Nils Eingrüber, 02 Oct 2024
  • RC3: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-697', Anonymous Referee #3, 02 Sep 2024
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC3', Nils Eingrüber, 02 Oct 2024

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Nils Eingrüber on behalf of the Authors (22 Oct 2024)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (23 Oct 2024) by Mohamed Salim
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (04 Nov 2024)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (18 Nov 2024)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (18 Nov 2024) by Mohamed Salim
AR by Nils Eingrüber on behalf of the Authors (19 Nov 2024)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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Short summary
Climate change adaptation measures like unsealings can reduce urban heat stress. As grass grid pavers have never been parameterized for microclimate model simulations with ENVI-met, a new parameterization was developed based on field measurements. To analyse the cooling potential, scenario analyses were performed for a densely developed area in Cologne. Statistically significant average cooling effects of up to −11.1 K were found for surface temperature and up to −2.9 K for 1 m air temperature.