Coupling the urban canopy model TEB (SURFEXv9.0) with the radiation model SPARTACUS-Urbanv0.6.1 for more realistic urban radiative exchange calculation
<p>The urban canopy model Town Energy Balance (TEB) is coupled with the radiation model SPARTACUS-Urban to improve the urban geometry simplification and the radiative transfer calculation. SPARTACUS-Urban assumes that the probability density function of wall-to-wall and ground-to-wall distance...
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description | <p>The urban canopy model Town Energy Balance (TEB) is coupled with the radiation model SPARTACUS-Urban to improve the urban geometry simplification and the radiative transfer calculation. SPARTACUS-Urban assumes that the probability density function of wall-to-wall and ground-to-wall distances follows a decreasing exponential. This better matches the distributions in real cities than in the infinitely long street canyon employed by the classical TEB. SPARTACUS-Urban solves the radiative transfer equation using the discrete ordinate method. This allows us to take into account physical processes such as the interaction of radiation with the air in the urban canopy layer and the spectral dependence of urban material reflectivities or specular reflections. Such processes would be more difficult to account for with the radiosity method used by the classical TEB. With SPARTACUS-Urban, the mean radiant temperature, a crucial parameter for outdoor human thermal comfort, can be calculated from the radiative fluxes in the vertical and horizontal directions incident on the human body in an urban environment. TEB–SPARTACUS is validated by comparing the solar and terrestrial urban radiation budget observables with those simulated by the Monte-Carlo-based HTRDR-Urban reference model for procedurally generated urban districts that mimic the local climate zones. Improvement is found for almost all radiative observables and urban morphologies for direct solar, diffuse solar, and terrestrial infrared radiation. The TEB mean radiant temperature diagnostic for a person in the urban environment is also improved with TEB–SPARTACUS compared with the classical TEB. Based on these results, TEB–SPARTACUS could lead to more realistic results for building energy consumption, outdoor human thermal comfort, or the urban heat island effect.</p> |
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spelling | doaj-art-eb9befd2bfdf47ccb1a5ccec2b3574b82025-01-24T05:26:13ZengCopernicus PublicationsGeoscientific Model Development1991-959X1991-96032025-01-011840543110.5194/gmd-18-405-2025Coupling the urban canopy model TEB (SURFEXv9.0) with the radiation model SPARTACUS-Urbanv0.6.1 for more realistic urban radiative exchange calculationR. Schoetter0R. J. Hogan1R. J. Hogan2C. Caliot3V. Masson4CNRM, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, 42 avenue Gaspard Coriolis, Toulouse, FranceECMWF, Reading, United KingdomDepartment of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, United KingdomCNRS, UPPA, E2S, LMAP, 1 Allée du Parc Montaury, Anglet, FranceCNRM, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, 42 avenue Gaspard Coriolis, Toulouse, France<p>The urban canopy model Town Energy Balance (TEB) is coupled with the radiation model SPARTACUS-Urban to improve the urban geometry simplification and the radiative transfer calculation. SPARTACUS-Urban assumes that the probability density function of wall-to-wall and ground-to-wall distances follows a decreasing exponential. This better matches the distributions in real cities than in the infinitely long street canyon employed by the classical TEB. SPARTACUS-Urban solves the radiative transfer equation using the discrete ordinate method. This allows us to take into account physical processes such as the interaction of radiation with the air in the urban canopy layer and the spectral dependence of urban material reflectivities or specular reflections. Such processes would be more difficult to account for with the radiosity method used by the classical TEB. With SPARTACUS-Urban, the mean radiant temperature, a crucial parameter for outdoor human thermal comfort, can be calculated from the radiative fluxes in the vertical and horizontal directions incident on the human body in an urban environment. TEB–SPARTACUS is validated by comparing the solar and terrestrial urban radiation budget observables with those simulated by the Monte-Carlo-based HTRDR-Urban reference model for procedurally generated urban districts that mimic the local climate zones. Improvement is found for almost all radiative observables and urban morphologies for direct solar, diffuse solar, and terrestrial infrared radiation. The TEB mean radiant temperature diagnostic for a person in the urban environment is also improved with TEB–SPARTACUS compared with the classical TEB. Based on these results, TEB–SPARTACUS could lead to more realistic results for building energy consumption, outdoor human thermal comfort, or the urban heat island effect.</p>https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/405/2025/gmd-18-405-2025.pdf |
spellingShingle | R. Schoetter R. J. Hogan R. J. Hogan C. Caliot V. Masson Coupling the urban canopy model TEB (SURFEXv9.0) with the radiation model SPARTACUS-Urbanv0.6.1 for more realistic urban radiative exchange calculation Geoscientific Model Development |
title | Coupling the urban canopy model TEB (SURFEXv9.0) with the radiation model SPARTACUS-Urbanv0.6.1 for more realistic urban radiative exchange calculation |
title_full | Coupling the urban canopy model TEB (SURFEXv9.0) with the radiation model SPARTACUS-Urbanv0.6.1 for more realistic urban radiative exchange calculation |
title_fullStr | Coupling the urban canopy model TEB (SURFEXv9.0) with the radiation model SPARTACUS-Urbanv0.6.1 for more realistic urban radiative exchange calculation |
title_full_unstemmed | Coupling the urban canopy model TEB (SURFEXv9.0) with the radiation model SPARTACUS-Urbanv0.6.1 for more realistic urban radiative exchange calculation |
title_short | Coupling the urban canopy model TEB (SURFEXv9.0) with the radiation model SPARTACUS-Urbanv0.6.1 for more realistic urban radiative exchange calculation |
title_sort | coupling the urban canopy model teb surfexv9 0 with the radiation model spartacus urbanv0 6 1 for more realistic urban radiative exchange calculation |
url | https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/405/2025/gmd-18-405-2025.pdf |
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