HTCM output

This page is part of the Human Thermal Comfort Module (HTCM) documentation. It contains a documentation about the output of the human thermal comfort module.
For an overview of all HTCM-related pages, see the HTCM main page.

The output by the thermal comfort part of the biometeorology module is mostly (except for bio_mrt) two dimensional and is provided for the cell layer closest to 1.1 m above ground level. All parameters are available for instantaneous and time-averaged input. A list of output quantities can be found below. Output is written to a 2d xy file, where only the layer z=0 will be used.

For all revisions < 3742:
If output is desired for a thermal index with averaged input and at least one of its input parameters 'pt_av', 'q_av', 'u_av', 'v_av' or 'w_av', please always state the 'bio_<index>*_xy_av' quantities after 'pt_av', 'q_av', 'u_av', 'v_av' and 'w_av' in 'data_output'! If not, they might become averaged twice.

To enable the output of the given quantity, please add

Quantity name	Meaning	Unit	input type (instantaneous or averaged)	output file (2d or 3d)
'bio_perct*_xy'	Perceived Temperature	°C	instantanious input	2d (xy) file
'bio_pet*_xy'	Physiologically Equivalent Temperature	°C	instantanious input	2d (xy) file
'bio_utci*_xy'	Universal Thermal Climate Index	°C	instantanious input	2d (xy) file
'bio_perct*_xy_av'	Perceived Temperature	°C	averaged input	2d (xy) file
'bio_pet*_xy_av'	Physiologically Equivalent Temperature	°C	averaged input	2d (xy) file
'bio_utci*_xy_av'	Universal Thermal Climate Index	°C	averaged input	2d (xy) file

to the data_output section.

The output of the thermal comfort calculation for agents is stored within the agents output quantities (*_agt files). Each agent thereby has its own field "ipt" holding the instationary index iPT.