A practical approach to compute short-wave irradiance interacting with subgrid-scale buildings

A numerical approach for the calculation of short-wave irradiances at the ground as well as the walls and roofs of buildings in an environment with unresolved built-up is presented. In this radiative parameterization scheme the properties of the unresolved built-up are assigned to settlement types w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Uwe Sievers, Barbara Früh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Borntraeger 2012-08-01
Series:Meteorologische Zeitschrift
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2012/0331