Numerical model of urban meteorology for single district scale

Abstract

A numerical model which calculates air temperature and wind distributions within single districts of a few square kilometers, was developed by adding the effect of urban building canopies to the previous model. The micro-climate characeristics above and below the canopy were depicted in detail for each of these canopy conditions. In comparison to the roughness parameter treatment of the existing mesoscale model, the urban canopy numerical model achieved more realistic distributions.