Meteorological and air quality models for urban areas

Jason Ching, Adel Hanna, Fei Chen, Steven Burian, Torrin Hultgren (auth.), Alexander Baklanov, Grimmond Sue, Mahura Alexander, Maria Athanassiadou (eds.)9783642002977, 3642002978, 9783642002984

This book, based on the selected presentations given at the COST728 workshop, is concerned with the following main topics/chapters:

1. Urban morphology and databases,

2. Parameterisations of urban canopy,

3. Strategy for urbanization of different types of models,

4. Evaluation and city case studies / field studies.

The chapters were concerned with dynamic (on wind and turbulent) and thermal effects (on temperature and energy in general). The final chapter of this volume summarizes the discussion and conclusions from the four main topics and provides recommendations and future requirements.

The book is oriented towards numerical weather prediction and air quality modelling communities.

Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages i-xviii
Front Matter….Pages 1-1
Facilitating Advanced Urban Meteorology and Air Quality Modelling Capabilities with High Resolution Urban Database and Access Portal Tools….Pages 3-9
Relating Small-Scale Emission and Concentration Variability in Air Quality Models….Pages 11-19
Performance of Different Sub-Grid-Scale Surface Flux Parameterizations for Urban and Rural Areas….Pages 21-27
Front Matter….Pages 29-29
How to Use Computational Fluid Dynamics Models for Urban Canopy Parameterizations….Pages 31-37
Review of Japanese Urban Models and a Scale Model Experiment….Pages 39-46
Urban Soil-Canopy-Atmosphere Exchanges at Submesoscales: Learning from Model Development, Evaluation, and Coupling with LES….Pages 47-58
The Effect of Stratification on the Aerodynamic Roughness Length….Pages 59-66
Front Matter….Pages 67-67
FUMAPEX Experience of Model Urbanisation….Pages 69-76
Evolution of Urban Surface Exchange in the UK Met Office’s Unified Model….Pages 77-86
Sensitivity Tests in the Dynamical and Thermal Part of the MRF-Urban PBL Scheme in the MM5 Model….Pages 87-94
Front Matter….Pages 95-95
Urban Surface Energy Balance Models: Model Characteristics and Methodology for a Comparison Study….Pages 97-123
Measuring Meteorology in Urban Areas – Some Progress and Many Problems….Pages 125-131
Derivation of Vertical Wind and Turbulence Profiles, the Mixing-Layer Height, and the Vertical Turbulent Exchange Coefficient from Sodar and Ceilometer Soundings in Urban Measurement Campaigns….Pages 133-141
Verification and Case Studies for Urban Effects in HIRLAM Numerical Weather Forecasting….Pages 143-150
Model Urbanization Strategy: Summaries, Recommendations and Requirements….Pages 151-162
Back Matter….Pages 163-183