Evaluation of an urban canopy model in a tropical city: the role of tree evapotranspiration

• Published in: Environmental research letters Vol. 12; no. 9; pp. 94008 - 94019
• Main Authors: Liu, Xuan, Li, Xian-Xiang, Harshan, Suraj, Roth, Matthias, Velasco, Erik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.09.2017
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; Canopies; Coverage; Energy balance; Evaporation; Evapotranspiration; Fluctuations; Heat; Heat flux; Heat transfer; Human influences; hydrological; Hydrology; Latent heat; Residential areas; Simulation; Surface energy; Surface properties; Systematic errors; Temperature; tree evapotranspiration; Trees; tropical; urban canopy model; Singapore

A single layer urban canopy model (SLUCM) with enhanced hydrologic processes, is evaluated in a tropical city, Singapore. The evaluation was performed using an 11 month offline simulation with the coupled Noah land surface model/SLUCM over a compact low-rise residential area. Various hydrological pr...