Work package M5: Urban radiation and building parameterization

Contact information

Principal investigators: ​Dr. Sebastian Schubert , ​Prof. Dr. Christoph Schneider

Staff: ​Dr. Mohamed Salim

Institution: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Geography Department (​https://www.geographie.hu-berlin.de/en/professorships/climate_geography/)

Goals of WP-M4

This subproject provides a parametrization of radiative fluxes at urban surfaces and between the buildings for the entire range of resolutions. These fluxes are used in the energy balance of the building surfaces, in air chemistry, and to determine the direct human radiative exposure. Furthermore, we will implement an effective building/street representation in form of urban street canyons for non-building-resolving resolutions. These street canyons are characterized by their building and street width, their orientation as well as their building height distribution.

Fig. 1: Input and output of DCEP