Evaluating the radiative fidelity of WRF-driven PALM (v25.04) in high-resolution using RTM: impact of diverse urban morphology and vegetation on short-wave radiation

Radović, Jelena; Belda, Michal; Bureš, Martin; Eben, Kryštof; Geletič, Jan; Jura, Jakub; Krč, Pavel; Řezníček, Hynek; Resler, Jaroslav

doi:10.5194/gmd-19-6001-2026

Articles | Volume 19, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-6001-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-6001-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 13

Model evaluation paper

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08 Jul 2026

Model evaluation paper |

| 08 Jul 2026

Evaluating the radiative fidelity of WRF-driven PALM (v25.04) in high-resolution using RTM: impact of diverse urban morphology and vegetation on short-wave radiation

Jelena Radović, Michal Belda, Martin Bureš, Kryštof Eben, Jan Geletič, Jakub Jura, Pavel Krč, Hynek Řezníček, and Jaroslav Resler

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-6001-2026-supplement

Data sets

Dataset: Evaluating the radiative fidelity of PALM (v25.04) in high-resolution: impact of diverse urban morphology and vegetation on short-wave radiation (1.1a) J. Radović et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19231961

Short summary

In this experiment, the Parallelized Large-Eddy Simulation Model (PALM)’s performance in simulating incoming and outgoing short-wave radiation in a densely built, highly heterogeneous urban environment was validated. In particular, we assessed whether the micro-scale model realistically resolves the effects of three-dimensional urban morphology and vegetation on short-wave radiation, including its propagation, shading, reflection, and attenuation within the simulated domain.