1 # The parameters in this table may vary greatly from city to city.
2 # The default values are probably not appropriate for any given city.
3 # Users should adapt these values based on the city they are working
6 # Urban Parameters depending on Urban type
9 Number of urban categories: 3
12 # Where there are multiple columns of values, the values refer, in
13 # order, to: 1) Low density residential, 2) High density residential,
14 # and 3) Commercial: I.e.:
17 # Type: Low-dens Res, Hi-dens Res, Commercial
21 # ZR: Roof level (building height) [ m ]
22 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
27 # SIGMA_ZED: Standard Deviation of roof height [ m ]
28 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
30 SIGMA_ZED: 1.0, 3.0, 4.0
33 # ROOF_WIDTH: Roof (i.e., building) width [ m ]
34 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
36 ROOF_WIDTH: 8.3, 9.4, 10.0
39 # ROAD_WIDTH: road width [ m ]
40 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
43 ROAD_WIDTH: 8.3, 9.4, 10.0
46 # AH: Anthropogenic heat [ W m{-2} ]
47 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
54 # ALH: Anthropogenic latent heat [ W m{-2} ]
55 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
61 # AKANDA_URBAN: Coefficient modifying the Kanda approach to computing
62 # surface layer exchange coefficients.
63 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
65 AKANDA_URBAN: 1.29 1.29 1.29
68 # DDZR: Thickness of each roof layer [ m ]
69 # This is currently NOT a function urban type, but a function
70 # of the number of layers. Number of layers must be 4, for now.
71 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
74 DDZR: 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05
77 # DDZB: Thickness of each building wall layer [ m ]
78 # This is currently NOT a function urban type, but a function
79 # of the number of layers. Number of layers must be 4, for now.
80 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
83 DDZB: 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05
86 # DDZG: Thickness of each ground (road) layer [ m ]
87 # This is currently NOT a function urban type, but a function
88 # of the number of layers. Number of layers must be 4, for now.
89 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
92 DDZG: 0.05, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75
95 # BOUNDR: Lower boundary condition for roof layer temperature [ 1: Zero-Flux, 2: T = Constant ]
96 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
102 # BOUNDB: Lower boundary condition for wall layer temperature [ 1: Zero-Flux, 2: T = Constant ]
103 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
109 # BOUNDG: Lower boundary condition for ground (road) layer temperature [ 1: Zero-Flux, 2: T = Constant ]
110 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
116 # Ch of Wall and Road [ 1: M-O Similarity Theory, 2: Empirical Form of Narita et al., 1997 (recommended) ]
117 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
123 # Surface and Layer Temperatures [ 1: 4-layer model, 2: Force-Restore method ]
124 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
130 # AHOPTION [ 0: No anthropogenic heating, 1: Anthropogenic heating will be added to sensible heat flux term ]
131 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
137 # Anthropogenic Heating diurnal profile.
138 # Multiplication factor applied to AH (as defined in the table above)
139 # Hourly values ( 24 of them ), starting at 01 hours Local Time.
140 # For sub-hourly model time steps, value changes on the hour and is
141 # held constant until the next hour.
142 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
145 AHDIUPRF: 0.16 0.13 0.08 0.07 0.08 0.26 0.67 0.99 0.89 0.79 0.74 0.73 0.75 0.76 0.82 0.90 1.00 0.95 0.68 0.61 0.53 0.35 0.21 0.18
148 # ALHOPTION [ 0: No anthropogenic latent heat, 1: Anthropogenic heating will be added to latent heat flux term ]
149 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
155 # Anthropogenic latent heat: seasonal coefficient of daily maximum values
156 # From left to right in order: Spring (MAM), Summer(JJA), Fall(SON), Winter(DJF)
157 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
160 ALHSEASON: 0.43 1.00 0.54 0.40
163 # Anthropogenic latent heat diurnal profile.
164 # Multiplication factor applied to seasonal ALH (as defined above)
165 # Half-hourly values ( 48 of them ), starting at 00:30 hours Local Time.
166 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
169 ALHDIUPRF: 0.436 0.421 0.391 0.356 0.311 0.301 0.306 0.295 0.253 0.205 0.177 0.162 0.148 0.121 0.118 0.146 0.210 0.250 0.227 0.162 0.127 0.184 0.306 0.413 0.487 0.559 0.639 0.728 0.754 0.812 0.867 0.969 1.000 0.949 0.840 0.775 0.758 0.756 0.706 0.658 0.637 0.632 0.636 0.633 0.639 0.615 0.553 0.485
172 # Multiplication factor applied to potential ET of vegetation in urban areas
173 # Value should be larger than 1 when actived
174 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
178 # Evaporation scheme for impervious surfaces (for roof, wall, and road)
179 # [1: Hypothesized evaporation during large rainfall events (Original)
180 # [2: Water-holding scheme over impervious surface, Yang et al., 2014
181 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
185 # Porosity of pavement materials on impervious surface
186 # For calculating latent heat flux over impervious surface
187 # From left to right in order: roof, wall, road
188 # (sf_urban_physics=1,IMP_SCHEME=2)
191 PORIMP: 0.45 0.45 0.45
193 # Maximum water-holding depth of pavement materials on impervious surface [m]
194 # For calculating latent heat flux over impervious surface
195 # From left to right in order: roof, wall, road
196 # (sf_urban_physics=1,IMP_SCHEME=2)
199 DENGIMP: 0.001 0.0002 0.001
201 # Urban irrigation scheme, for vegetation in urban area and green roof
203 # [1: Summertime (May-Sep) irrigation everyday at 9pm
204 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
209 # GROPTION [ 0: No green roof, 1: Enable green roof simulation]
210 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
215 # Surface fraction of green roof over urban rooftop (0-1)
216 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
222 # DZGR: Thickness of each layer on green roof [ m ]
223 # Green roof structure: 4-layers
224 # 1: Top Soil layer 2:Soil layer 3: Growing Medium layer
225 # 4: concrete roof (depth depends on DDZR defined earlier in this table)
226 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
228 DZGR: 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20
231 # FRC_URB: Fraction of the urban landscape which does not have natural
232 # vegetation. [ Fraction ]
233 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
236 FRC_URB: 0.5, 0.9, 0.95
239 # CAPR: Heat capacity of roof [ J m{-3} K{-1} ]
240 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
243 CAPR: 1.0E6, 1.0E6, 1.0E6,
246 # CAPB: Heat capacity of building wall [ J m{-3} K{-1} ]
247 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
250 CAPB: 1.0E6, 1.0E6, 1.0E6,
253 # CAPG: Heat capacity of ground (road) [ J m{-3} K{-1} ]
254 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
257 CAPG: 1.4E6, 1.4E6, 1.4E6,
260 # AKSR: Thermal conductivity of roof [ J m{-1} s{-1} K{-1} ]
261 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
264 AKSR: 0.67, 0.67, 0.67,
267 # AKSB: Thermal conductivity of building wall [ J m{-1} s{-1} K{-1} ]
268 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
271 AKSB: 0.67, 0.67, 0.67,
274 # AKSG: Thermal conductivity of ground (road) [ J m{-1} s{-1} K{-1} ]
275 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
278 AKSG: 0.4004, 0.4004, 0.4004,
281 # ALBR: Surface albedo of roof [ fraction ]
282 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
285 ALBR: 0.20, 0.20, 0.20
288 # ALBB: Surface albedo of building wall [ fraction ]
289 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
292 ALBB: 0.20, 0.20, 0.20
295 # ALBG: Surface albedo of ground (road) [ fraction ]
296 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
299 ALBG: 0.20, 0.20, 0.20
302 # EPSR: Surface emissivity of roof [ - ]
303 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
306 EPSR: 0.90, 0.90, 0.90
309 # EPSB: Surface emissivity of building wall [-]
310 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
313 EPSB: 0.90, 0.90, 0.90
316 # EPSG: Surface emissivity of ground (road) [ - ]
317 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
320 EPSG: 0.95, 0.95, 0.95
323 # Z0B: Roughness length for momentum, over building wall [ m ]
324 # Only active for CH_SCHEME == 1
325 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
328 Z0B: 0.0001, 0.0001, 0.0001
331 # Z0G: Roughness length for momentum, over ground (road) [ m ]
332 # Only active for CH_SCHEME == 1
333 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
336 Z0G: 0.01, 0.01, 0.01
339 # Z0R: Roughness length for momentum over roof [ m ]
340 # (sf_urban_physics=2,3)
343 Z0R: 0.01, 0.01, 0.01
346 # TRLEND: Lower boundary condition for roof temperature [ K ]
347 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
350 TRLEND: 293.00, 293.00, 293.00
353 # TBLEND: Lower boundary temperature for building wall temperature [ K ]
354 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
357 TBLEND: 293.00, 293.00, 293.00
360 # TGLEND: Lower boundary temperature for ground (road) temperature [ K ]
361 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
364 TGLEND: 293.00, 293.00, 293.00
367 # COP: Coefficient of performance of the A/C systems [ - ]
368 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
374 # BLDAC_FRC: fraction of buildings installed with A/C systems [ - ]
375 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
378 BLDAC_FRC: 1.0, 1.0, 1.0
381 # COOLED_FRC: fraction of cooled floor area in buildings [ - ]
382 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
384 COOLED_FRC: 1.0, 1.0, 1.0
387 # PWIN: Coverage area fraction of windows in the walls of the building [ - ]
388 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
394 # BETA: Thermal efficiency of heat exchanger
395 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
398 BETA: 0.75, 0.75, 0.75
401 # SW_COND: Air conditioning switch, 1=ON
402 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
408 # TIME_ON: Initial local time of A/C systems, [ h ]
409 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
415 # TIME_OFF: End local time of A/C systems, [ h ]
416 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
419 TIME_OFF: 24., 24., 24.
422 # TARGTEMP: Target Temperature of the A/C systems, [ K ]
423 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
426 TARGTEMP: 298., 298., 297.
429 # GAPTEMP: Comfort Range of the indoor Temperature, [ K ]
430 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
433 GAPTEMP: 0.5, 0.5, 0.5
436 # TARGHUM: Target humidity of the A/C systems, [ Kg/Kg ]
437 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
440 TARGHUM: 0.005, 0.005, 0.005
443 # GAPHUM: Comfort Range of the specific humidity, [ Kg/Kg ]
444 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
447 GAPHUM: 0.005, 0.005, 0.005
450 # PERFLO: Peak number of occupants per unit floor area, [ person/m^2 ]
451 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
454 PERFLO: 0.01, 0.01, 0.02
457 # HSEQUIP: Diurnal heating profile of heat generated by equipments
458 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
461 HSEQUIP: 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25
464 # HSEQUIP_SCALE_FACTOR: Peak heat generated by equipments, [ W/m^2 ]
465 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
468 HSEQUIP_SCALE_FACTOR: 16.00, 20.00, 36.00
471 # GR_FLAG: 1 to switch on green roof model (0-1)
472 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
478 # GR_TYPE: 1 for GRASS, 2 for SEDUM vegetation on the green roof
479 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
485 # GR_FRAC_ROOF: fraction of green roof over the roof (0:1)
486 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
492 # HSEQUIP: Diurnal profile of sprinkler irrigation for the green roof
493 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
496 IRHO:0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1
500 # PV_FRAC_ROOF: fraction of photovoltaic panels over the roof (0:1)
501 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
510 # (sf_urban_physics=2,3)
512 # urban street street building
513 # category direction width width
514 # [index] [deg from N] [m] [m]
523 END STREET PARAMETERS
526 # (sf_urban_physics=2,3)
536 # (sf_urban_physics=2,3)
547 # (sf_urban_physics=2,3)