Parametrizing Horizontally-Averaged Wind and Temperature Profiles in the Urban Roughness Sublayer

• Published in: Boundary-layer meteorology Vol. 173; no. 3; pp. 321 - 348
• Main Authors: Theeuwes, Natalie E., Ronda, Reinder J., Harman, Ian N., Christen, Andreas, Grimmond, C. Sue B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2019; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Air quality; Analysis; Anisotropy; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Atmospheric Sciences; Boundary conditions; Corrections; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Formulations; Heat flux; Heat sinks; Heat transfer; Meteorological satellites; Meteorology; Momentum; Numerical weather forecasting; Parameterization; Plant cover; Prediction models; Profiles; Research Article; Roughness; Roughness length; Similarity theory; Surface boundary layer; Temperature effects; Temperature profile; Temperature profiles; Urban areas; Urban environments; Vertical profiles; Weather; Weather forecasting; Wind; Wind speed; Roughness sublayer; Wind profile; Temperature profile; Urban canopy

Tower-based measurements from within and above the urban canopy in two cities are used to evaluate several existing approaches that parametrize the vertical profiles of wind speed and temperature within the urban roughness sublayer (RSL). It is shown that current use of Monin–Obukhov similarity theo...