Biometeorology module

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The PALM 4-U Biometeorology Module (Biometeorology_Mod) contains the two module parts "Human Thermal Comfort Module" (HTCM) and "UV Exposure Model" (UVEM)?.

Human Thermal Comfort Module (HTCM)

The Human Thermal Comfort Module (HTCM) ca be used to calculate thermal indices estimating the thermal perception of humans considering the conditions within the model domain. HTCM supports the two dimensional calculation of there thermal indices:

• Perceived Temperature (perct*)
• Universal Thermal Climate Index (utci*)
• Physiologically Equivalent Temperature (pet*)

All three indices can be calculated based on instantaneous or on time-averaged input parameters. A detailed description about the three indices can be found in the respective publications.

To meet the recommendations of the agent module, an instationary version of the perceived temperature (ipt) has been developed and added to the HTCM to estimate the thermal perception of the agents while moving through the model domain.

This documentation contains several sections:

INPUT

List of all namelist parameters that can be used to control the HTCM

UV Exposure Model (UVEM)

The UVEM is described in detail on a separate page?.