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: 11
12 # Where there are multiple columns of values, the values refer, in
13 # order, to: 1) Commercial, 2) High intensity residential, and 3) Low
14 # intensity residential: I.e.:
16 # Index: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
17 # Type: Comp High-Rise, Comp Mid-Rise, Comp Low-Rise, Op H-Rise, Op M-Rise, Op L-Rise, Lightweight L-Rise, Large L-Rise, Sparsely Built, Heavy Indus Asphalt
20 # ZR: Roof level (building height) [ m ]
21 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
23 ZR: 37.5, 17.5, 6.5, 37.5, 17.5, 6.5, 3., 6.5, 6.5, 10., 10.
26 # SIGMA_ZED: Standard Deviation of roof height [ m ]
27 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
29 SIGMA_ZED: 4.0, 3.0, 1.0, 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1.
32 # ROOF_WIDTH: Roof (i.e., building) width [ m ]
33 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
35 ROOF_WIDTH: 31.7, 25.7, 17.6, 17.6, 17.6, 17.6, 17.6, 17.6, 17.6, 17.6, 10.
38 # ROAD_WIDTH: road width [ m ]
39 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
42 ROAD_WIDTH: 98.9, 39.2, 108.0, 108.0, 108.0, 108.0, 108.0, 108.0, 108.0, 108.0, 108.0
45 # AH: Anthropogenic heat [ W m{-2} ]
46 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
49 AH: 100.0, 35.0, 30.0, 30.0, 15.0, 10.0, 30.0, 40.0, 5.0, 300.0, 0
53 # ALH: Anthropogenic latent heat [ W m{-2} ]
54 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
57 ALH: 20.0, 25.0, 40.0, 20.0, 25.0, 40.0, 20.0, 25.0, 40.0, 20.0, 0
60 # AKANDA_URBAN: Coefficient modifying the Kanda approach to computing
61 # surface layer exchange coefficients.
62 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
64 AKANDA_URBAN: 1.29 1.29 1.29 1.29 1.29 1.29 1.29 1.29 1.29 1.29 1.29
67 # DDZR: Thickness of each roof layer [ m ]
68 # This is currently NOT a function urban type, but a function
69 # of the number of layers. Number of layers must be 4, for now.
70 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
73 DDZR: 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05
76 # DDZB: Thickness of each building wall layer [ m ]
77 # This is currently NOT a function urban type, but a function
78 # of the number of layers. Number of layers must be 4, for now.
79 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
82 DDZB: 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05
85 # DDZG: Thickness of each ground (road) layer [ m ]
86 # This is currently NOT a function urban type, but a function
87 # of the number of layers. Number of layers must be 4, for now.
88 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
91 DDZG: 0.05, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75
94 # BOUNDR: Lower boundary condition for roof layer temperature [ 1: Zero-Flux, 2: T = Constant ]
95 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
101 # BOUNDB: Lower boundary condition for wall layer temperature [ 1: Zero-Flux, 2: T = Constant ]
102 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
108 # BOUNDG: Lower boundary condition for ground (road) layer temperature [ 1: Zero-Flux, 2: T = Constant ]
109 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
115 # Ch of Wall and Road [ 1: M-O Similarity Theory, 2: Empirical Form of Narita et al., 1997 (recommended) ]
116 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
122 # Surface and Layer Temperatures [ 1: 4-layer model, 2: Force-Restore method ]
123 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
129 # AHOPTION [ 0: No anthropogenic heating, 1: Anthropogenic heating will be added to sensible heat flux term ]
130 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
136 # Anthropogenic Heating diurnal profile.
137 # Multiplication factor applied to AH (as defined in the table above)
138 # Hourly values ( 24 of them ), starting at 01 hours Local Time.
139 # For sub-hourly model time steps, value changes on the hour and is
140 # held constant until the next hour.
141 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
144 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
147 # ALHOPTION [ 0: No anthropogenic latent heat, 1: Anthropogenic heating will be added to latent heat flux term ]
148 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
154 # Anthropogenic latent heat: seasonal coefficient of daily maximum values
155 # From left to right in order: Spring (MAM), Summer(JJA), Fall(SON), Winter(DJF)
156 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
159 ALHSEASON: 0.43 1.00 0.54 0.40
162 # Anthropogenic latent heat diurnal profile.
163 # Multiplication factor applied to seasonal ALH (as defined above)
164 # Half-hourly values ( 48 of them ), starting at 00:30 hours Local Time.
165 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
168 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
171 # Multiplication factor applied to potential ET of vegetation in urban areas
172 # Value should be larger than 1 when actived
173 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
177 # Evaporation scheme for impervious surfaces (for roof, wall, and road)
178 # [1: Hypothesized evaporation during large rainfall events (Original)
179 # [2: Water-holding scheme over impervious surface, Yang et al., 2014
180 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
184 # Porosity of pavement materials on impervious surface
185 # For calculating latent heat flux over impervious surface
186 # From left to right in order: roof, wall, road
187 # (sf_urban_physics=1,IMP_SCHEME=2)
190 PORIMP: 0.45 0.45 0.45
192 # Maximum water-holding depth of pavement materials on impervious surface [m]
193 # For calculating latent heat flux over impervious surface
194 # From left to right in order: roof, wall, road
195 # (sf_urban_physics=1,IMP_SCHEME=2)
198 DENGIMP: 0.001 0.0002 0.001
200 # Urban irrigation scheme, for vegetation in urban area and green roof
202 # [1: Summertime (May-Sep) irrigation everyday at 9pm
203 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
208 # GROPTION [ 0: No green roof, 1: Enable green roof simulation]
209 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
214 # Surface fraction of green roof over urban rooftop (0-1)
215 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
221 # DZGR: Thickness of each layer on green roof [ m ]
222 # Green roof structure: 4-layers
223 # 1: Top Soil layer 2:Soil layer 3: Growing Medium layer
224 # 4: concrete roof (depth depends on DDZR defined earlier in this table)
225 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
227 DZGR: 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20
230 # FRC_URB: Fraction of the urban landscape which does not have natural
231 # vegetation. [ Fraction ]
232 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
235 FRC_URB: 1.00, 0.99, 1.00, 0.65, 0.7, 0.65, 0.3, 0.85, 0.3, 0.55, 1.00
237 # CAPR: Heat capacity of roof [ J m{-3} K{-1} ]
238 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
241 CAPR: 1.8E6, 1.8E6, 1.44E6, 1.8E6, 1.8E6, 1.44E6, 2.0E6, 1.8E6, 1.44E6, 2.0E6, 1.8E6
244 # CAPB: Heat capacity of building wall [ J m{-3} K{-1} ]
245 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
248 CAPB: 1.8E6, 2.67E6, 2.05E6, 2.0E6, 2.0E6, 2.05E6, 0.72E6, 1.8E6, 2.56E6, 1.69E6, 1.8E6
251 # CAPG: Heat capacity of ground (road) [ J m{-3} K{-1} ]
252 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
255 CAPG: 1.75E6, 1.68E6, 1.63E6, 1.54E6, 1.50E6, 1.47E6, 1.67E6, 1.38E6, 1.37E6, 1.49E6, 1.38E6
258 # AKSR: Thermal conductivity of roof [ J m{-1} s{-1} K{-1} ]
259 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
262 AKSR: 1.25, 1.25, 1.00, 1.25, 1.25, 1.00, 2.0, 1.25, 1.00, 2.00, 1.25
265 # AKSB: Thermal conductivity of building wall [ J m{-1} s{-1} K{-1} ]
266 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
269 AKSB: 1.09, 1.5, 1.25, 1.45, 1.45, 1.25, 0.5, 1.25, 1.00, 1.33, 1.25
272 # AKSG: Thermal conductivity of ground (road) [ J m{-1} s{-1} K{-1} ]
273 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
276 AKSG: 0.77, 0.73, 0.69, 0.64, 0.62, 0.60, 0.72, 0.51, 0.55, 0.61, 0.51
279 # ALBR: Surface albedo of roof [ fraction ]
280 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
283 ALBR: 0.13, 0.18, 0.15, 0.13, 0.13, 0.13, 0.15, 0.18, 0.13, 0.10, 0.13
286 # ALBB: Surface albedo of building wall [ fraction ]
287 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
290 ALBB: 0.25, 0.20, 0.20, 0.25, 0.25, 0.25, 0.20, 0.25, 0.25, 0.20, 0.20
293 # ALBG: Surface albedo of ground (road) [ fraction ]
294 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
297 ALBG: 0.14, 0.14, 0.14, 0.14, 0.14, 0.14, 0.18, 0.14, 0.14, 0.14, 0.14
300 # EPSR: Surface emissivity of roof [ - ]
301 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
304 EPSR: 0.91, 0.91, 0.91, 0.91, 0.91, 0.91, 0.28, 0.91, 0.91, 0.91, 0.95
307 # EPSB: Surface emissivity of building wall [-]
308 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
311 EPSB: 0.90, 0.90, 0.90, 0.90, 0.90, 0.90, 0.90, 0.90, 0.90, 0.90, 0.95
314 # EPSG: Surface emissivity of ground (road) [ - ]
315 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
318 EPSG: 0.95, 0.95, 0.95, 0.95, 0.95, 0.95, 0.92, 0.95, 0.95, 0.95, 0.95
321 # Z0B: Roughness length for momentum, over building wall [ m ]
322 # Only active for CH_SCHEME == 1
323 # (sf_urban_physics=1)
326 Z0B: 0.0001, 0.0001, 0.0001, 0.0001, 0.0001, 0.0001, 0.0001, 0.0001, 0.0001, 0.0001, 0.0001
330 # Z0G: Roughness length for momentum, over ground (road) [ m ]
331 # Only active for CH_SCHEME == 1
332 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
335 Z0G: 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 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, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01
347 # TRLEND: Lower boundary condition for roof temperature [ K ]
348 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
351 TRLEND: 299.00, 299.00, 299.00, 299.00, 299.00, 299.00, 299.00, 299.00, 299.00, 299.00, 299.00
354 # TBLEND: Lower boundary temperature for building wall temperature [ K ]
355 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
358 TBLEND: 299.00, 299.00, 299.00, 299.00, 299.00, 299.00, 299.00, 299.00, 299.00, 299.00, 299.00
361 # TGLEND: Lower boundary temperature for ground (road) temperature [ K ]
362 # (sf_urban_physics=1,2,3)
365 TGLEND: 293.00, 293.00, 293.00, 293.00, 293.00, 293.00, 293.00, 293.00, 293.00, 293.00, 293.00
367 # COP: Coefficient of performance of the A/C systems [ - ]
368 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
371 COP: 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5
373 # BLDAC_FRC: fraction of buildings installed with A/C systems [ - ]
374 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
377 BLDAC_FRC: 1.0, 1.0, 1.0,1.0, 1.0, 1.0,1.0, 1.0, 1.0,1.0, 1.0
380 # COOLED_FRC: fraction of cooled floor area in buildings [ - ]
381 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
383 COOLED_FRC: 1.0, 1.0, 1.0,1.0, 1.0, 1.0,1.0, 1.0, 1.0,1.0, 1.0
387 # PWIN: Coverage area fraction of windows in the walls of the building [ - ]
388 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
391 PWIN: 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.9, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.0
394 # BETA: Thermal efficiency of heat exchanger
395 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
398 BETA: 0.75, 0.75, 0.75, 0.75, 0.75, 0.75, 0.75, 0.75, 0.75, 0.75, 0.75
401 # SW_COND: Air conditioning switch, 1=ON
402 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
405 SW_COND: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0
408 # TIME_ON: Initial local time of A/C systems, [ h ]
409 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
412 TIME_ON: 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.
415 # TIME_OFF: End local time of A/C systems, [ h ]
416 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
419 TIME_OFF: 24., 24., 24., 24., 24., 24., 24., 24., 24., 24., 24.
422 # TARGTEMP: Target Temperature of the A/C systems, [ K ]
423 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
426 TARGTEMP: 294.15, 294.15, 294.15, 294.15, 294.15, 294.15, 294.15, 294.15, 294.15, 294.15, 294.15
429 # GAPTEMP: Comfort Range of the indoor Temperature, [ K ]
430 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
433 GAPTEMP: 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5
436 # TARGHUM: Target humidity of the A/C systems, [ Kg/Kg ]
437 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
440 TARGHUM: 0.005, 0.005, 0.005, 0.005, 0.005, 0.005, 0.005, 0.005, 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, 0.005, 0.005, 0.005, 0.005, 0.005, 0.005, 0.005, 0.005
449 # PERFLO: Peak number of occupants per unit floor area, [ person/m^2 ]
450 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
453 PERFLO: 0.02, 0.02, 0.02, 0.02, 0.02, 0.02, 0.02, 0.02, 0.02, 0.02, 0.00
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: 36.00, 20.00, 20.00, 36.00, 20.00, 20.00, 20.00, 36.00, 20.00, 20.00, 20.00
472 # GR_FLAG: 1 to switch on green roof model (0-1)
473 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
479 # GR_TYPE: 1 for GRASS, 2 for SEDUM vegetation on the green roof
480 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
486 # GR_FRAC_ROOF: fraction of green roof over the roof (0:1)
487 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
490 GR_FRAC_ROOF:0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
493 # HSEQUIP: Diurnal profile of sprinkler irrigation for the green roof
494 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
497 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
501 # PV_FRAC_ROOF: fraction of photovoltaic panels over the roof (0:1)
502 # (sf_urban_physics=3)
505 PV_FRAC_ROOF: 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
510 # (sf_urban_physics=2,3)
512 # urban street street building
513 # category direction width width
514 # [index] [deg from N] [m] [m]
539 END STREET PARAMETERS
542 # (sf_urban_physics=2,3)
554 # (sf_urban_physics=2,3)
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638 # (sf_urban_physics=2,3)