Development of the Surface Urban Energy and Water Balance Scheme (SUEWS) for cold climate cities

The Surface Urban Energy and Water Balance Scheme (SUEWS) is developed to include snow. The processes addressed include accumulation of snow on the different urban surface types: snow albedo and density aging, snow melting and re-freezing of meltwater. Individual model parameters are assessed and in...

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Main Authors: L. Järvi, C. S. B. Grimmond, M. Taka, A. Nordbo, H. Setälä, I. B. Strachan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-08-01
Series:Geoscientific Model Development
Online Access:http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/7/1691/2014/gmd-7-1691-2014.pdf