Static driver look-up tables

All _pars variables are of NC_FLOAT type. Note that building_pars and building_surface_pars will undergo major revision in near future.

albedo_pars(nalbedo_pars,y,x)

nalbedo_pars	Units	Description
0	1	Broadband albedo of surface elements (wall fraction in case of building) at (y,x).
1	1	Only for buildings. Longwave albedo of wall fraction at (y,x).
2	1	Only for buildings. Shortwave albedo of wall fraction at (y,x).
3	1	Only for buildings. Longwave albedo of green fraction at (y,x).
4	1	Only for buildings. Shortwave albedo of green fraction at (y,x).
5	1	Only for buildings. Longwave albedo of window fraction at (y,x).
6	1	Only for buildings. Shortwave albedo of window fraction at (y,x).

building_pars(nbuilding_pars,y,x)

nbuilding_pars	Units	Description
0	1	Wall fraction
1	1	Window fraction
2	1	Green fraction on wall
3	1	Green fraction on roof
4	m²/m²	Leaf area index of green fraction on roof
5	m²/m²	Leaf area index of green fraction on wall
6	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of wall layer 1
7	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of wall layer 2
8	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of wall layer 3
9	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of wall layer 1
10	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of wall layer 2
11	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of wall layer 3
12	K	Indoor target summer temperature
13	K	Indoor target winter temperature
14	1	Emissivity of wall fraction
15	1	Emissivity of green fraction
16	1	Emissivity of window fraction
17	1	Transmissivity of window fraction
18	m	Roughness length for momentum
19	m	Roughness length for heat
20	m	Ground floor height
21	1	Ground floor wall fraction
22	1	Ground floor window fraction
23	1	Ground floor green fraction on wall
24	1	Ground floor green fraction on roof
25	m²/m²	Ground floor leaf area index of green fraction (wall)
26	J/m²/K	Ground floor heat capacity of wall layer 1
27	J/m²/K	Ground floor heat capacity of wall layer 2
28	J/m²/K	Ground floor heat capacity of wall layer 3
29	W/m/K	Ground floor thermal conductivity of wall layer 1
30	W/m/K	Ground floor thermal conductivity of wall layer 2
31	W/m/K	Ground floor thermal conductivity of wall layer 3
32	1	Ground floor emissivity of wall fraction
33	1	Ground floor emissivity of green fraction
34	1	Ground floor emissivity of window fraction
35	1	Ground floor transmissivity of window fraction
36	m	Ground floor roughness length for momentum
37	m	Ground floor roughness length for heat
38	1	albedo\_type of wall fraction
39	1	albedo\_type of green fraction
40	1	albedo\_type of window fraction
41	m	Wall thickness of layer 1
42	m	Wall thickness of layer 2
43	m	Wall thickness of layer 3
44	m	Wall thickness of layer 4
45	W/m²/K	Surface conductivity
46	J/m²/K	Surface heat capacity
47	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of window surface
48	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of green surface
49	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of window surface
50	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of green surface
51*	1	Wall fraction ground plate
52*	m	Thickness of ground plate wall layer 1
53*	m	Thickness of ground plate wall layer 2
54*	m	Thickness of ground plate wall layer 3
55*	m	Thickness of ground plate wall layer 4
56*	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of ground plate wall layers 1 and 2
57*	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of ground plate wall layer 3
58*	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of ground plate wall layer 4
59*	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of ground plate wall layers 1 and 2
60*	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of ground plate wall layer 3
61*	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of ground plate wall layer 4
62	m	Thickness of first floor wall layer 1
63	m	Thickness of first floor wall layer 2
64	m	Thickness of first floor wall layer 3
65	m	Thickness of first floor wall layer 4
66	1	Albedo of ground floor wall
67	m	Thickness of first floor window layer 1
68	m	Thickness of first floor window layer 2
69	m	Thickness of first floor window layer 3
70	m	Thickness of first floor window layer 4
71	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of first floor window layers 1 and 2
72	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of first floor window layer 3
73	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of first floor window layer 4
74	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of first floor window layers 1 and 2
75	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of first floor window layer 3
76	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of first floor window layer 4
77	1	Albedo of first floor window
78	1	Albedo of first floor green surface
79	m	Thickness of standard floor window layer 1
80	m	Thickness of standard floor window layer 2
81	m	Thickness of standard floor window layer 3
82	m	Thickness of standard floor window layer 4
83	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of standard floor wall layers 1 and 2
84	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of standard floor wall layer 3
85	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of standard floor wall layer 4
86	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of standard floor wall layers 1 and 2
87	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of standard floor wall layer 3
88	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of standard floor wall layer 4
89	1	Wall fraction of roof
90	m	Thickness of roof layer 1
91	m	Thickness of roof layer 2
92	m	Thickness of roof layer 3
93	m	Thickness of roof layer 4
94	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of roof layers 1 and 2
95	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of roof layer 3
96	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of roof layer 4
97	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of roof layers 1 and 2
98	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of roof layer 3
99	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of roof layer 4
100	1	Emissivity of roof
101	1	Albedo of roof
102	1	Window fraction of roof
103	m	Thickness of roof window layer 1
104	m	Thickness of roof window layer 2
105	m	Thickness of roof window layer 3
106	m	Thickness of roof window layer 4
107	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of window layers 1 and 2
108	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of window layer 3
109	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of window layer 4
110	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of window layers 1 and 2
111	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of window layer 3
112	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of window layer 4
113	1	Emissivity of roof window
114	1	Transmissivity of roof window
115	1	Albedo of roof window
116	1	Emissivity of roof green surface
117	1	Transmissivity of roof green surface
118	1	Albedo of roof green surface
119	1	Shading factor
120	1	Window g-value
121	W/m²/K	Window u-value
122	1/h	Basic air flow without occupancy of room
123	1/h	Additional air flow during occupancy of room
124	1	Heat recovery efficiency
125	1	Factor for mass specific active surface
126	J/m²/K	Factor for inner heat storage of building zone
127	1	Ratio of internal surface to floor area
128	W	Maximum heating capacity
129	W	Maximum cooling capacity
130	W/m²	Additional internal heat gains during occupancy of room
131	W/m²	Basic internal heat gains without occupancy of room
132	m	Storey height
133*	m	Ceiling construction height
134	1	Technology heating factor for anthropogenic heat losses
135	1	Technology cooling factor for anthropogenic heat losses

(*) are not processed by PALM at the moment.

building_surface_pars(nbuilding_surface_pars,ns)

nbuilding_surface_pars	Units	Description
0	1	Wall fraction
1	1	Window fraction
2	1	Green fraction on wall
3	1	Green fraction on roof
4	m²/m²	Leaf area index of green fraction
5	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of wall layer 1
6	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of wall layer 2
7	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of wall layer 3
8	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of wall layer 1
9	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of wall layer 2
10	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of wall layer 3
11	K	Indoor target summer temperature
12	K	Indoor target winter temperature
13	1	Emissivity of wall fraction
14	1	Emissivity of green fraction
15	1	Emissivity of window fraction
16	1	Transmissivity of window fraction
17	m	Roughness length for momentum
18	m	Roughness length for heat
19	1	Broadband albedo of wall fraction
20	1	Longwave albedo of wall fraction
21	1	Shortwave albedo of wall fraction
22	1	Broadband albedo of window fraction
23	1	Longwave albedo of window fraction
24	1	Shortwave albedo of window fraction
25	1	Broadband albedo of green fraction
26	1	Longwave albedo of green fraction
27	1	Shorwave albedo of green fraction

pavement_pars(npavement_pars,y,x)

npavement_pars	Units	Description
0	m	Roughness length for momentum
1	m	Roughness length for heat
2	1	albedo_type
3	1	Surface emissivity

pavement_subsurface_pars(npavement_subsurface_pars,zsoil,y,x)

npavement_subsurface_pars	Units	Description
0	W/m/K	Thermal conductivity of the respective soil layer
1	J/m³/K	Volumetric heat capacity of the respective soil layer

soil_pars(nsoil_pars,(zsoil,)y,x)

nsoil_pars	Units	Description
0	1	Van Genuchten parameter α
1	1	Van Genuchten parameter l
2	1	Van Genuchten parameter n
3	m/s	Saturation hydraulic conductivity
4	m³/m³	Saturation soil moisture
5	m³/m³	Field capacity
6	m³/m³	Wilting point
7	m³/m³	Residual moisture

vegetation_pars(nvegetation_pars,y,x)

nvegetation_pars	Units	Descripton
0	s/m	Minimum canopy resistance
1	m²/m²	Leaf area index
2	1	Vegetation coverage
3	1/hPa	Canopy resistance coefficient
4	m	Roughness length for momentum
5	m	Roughness length for heat
6	W/m²/K	Skin lacer heat conductivity (stable conditions)
7	W/m²/K	Skin layer heat conductivity (unstable conditions)
8	1	Fraction of incoming shortwave radiation transmitted directly to the soil (not implemented yet)
9	J/m²/K	Heat capacity of the surface
10	1	albedo_type
11	1	Surface emissivity

water_pars(nwater_pars,y,x)

nwater_pars	Units	Description
0	K	Water temperature
1	m	Roughness length for momentum
2	m	Roughness length for heat
3	W/m²/K	Heat conductivity between skin layer and water (stable conditions)
4	W/m²/K	Heat conductivity between skin layer and water (unstable conditions)
5	1	albedo_type
6	1	Surface emissivity