Meteorological and Air Quality Models for Urban Areas

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Baklanov, Alexander (Editor), Sue, Grimmond (Editor), Alexander, Mahura (Editor), Athanassiadou, Maria (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Meteorology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Urban Morphology and Databases
• Facilitating Advanced Urban Meteorology and Air Quality Modelling Capabilities with High Resolution Urban Database and Access Portal Tools
• Relating Small-Scale Emission and Concentration Variability in Air Quality Models
• Performance of Different Sub-Grid-Scale Surface Flux Parameterizations for Urban and Rural Areas
• Parameterizations of Urban Canopy
• How to Use Computational Fluid Dynamics Models for Urban Canopy Parameterizations
• Review of Japanese Urban Models and a Scale Model Experiment
• Urban Soil-Canopy-Atmosphere Exchanges at Submesoscales: Learning from Model Development, Evaluation, and Coupling with LES
• The Effect of Stratification on the Aerodynamic Roughness Length
• Strategy for Urbanization of Different Types of Models
• FUMAPEX Experience of Model Urbanisation
• Evolution of Urban Surface Exchange in the UK Met Office’s Unified Model
• Sensitivity Tests in the Dynamical and Thermal Part of the MRF-Urban PBL Scheme in the MM5 Model
• Evaluation and Case Studies / Observations
• Urban Surface Energy Balance Models: Model Characteristics and Methodology for a Comparison Study
• Measuring Meteorology in Urban Areas – Some Progress and Many Problems
• 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
• Verification and Case Studies for Urban Effects in HIRLAM Numerical Weather Forecasting
• Model Urbanization Strategy: Summaries, Recommendations and Requirements.