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LUMPS

• Brief
  • Local-scale Urban Meteorological Parameterization Scheme
  • Surface flux model that utilises standard meteorological observations and land cover characteristics. It can model the variability in fluxes both spatially and temporally.
  • radiation and energy balances, hourly
• Manual
  • Manual PDF
• Versions
  • V5_6
  • Within SUEWS and UMEP
• References
  • Grimmond CSB. & Oke TR (2002). Turbulent heat fluxes in urban areas: Observations and a local-scale urban meteorological parameterization scheme (LUMPS). Journal of Applied Meteorology 41 792-810
  • Loridan T – CSB Grimmond BD Offerle DT Young T Smith L Jarvi F Lindberg (2011). Local-Scale Urban Meteorological Parameterization Scheme (LUMPS): longwave radiation parameterization & seasonality related developments Journal of Applied Meteorology & Climatology.doi: 10.1175/2010JAMC2474.1
  • Offerle B Grimmond CSB & Oke TR (2003). Parameterization of net all-wave radiation for urban areas.Journal of Applied Meteorology 42 1157-1173
  • Grimmond CSB & Oke TR (1999). Heat storage in urban areas: Local-scale observations and evaluation of a simple model. Journal of Applied Meteorology 38 922-940
  • Offerle B (2003) The energy balance of an urban area: Examining temporal and spatial variability through measurements – remote sensing and modeling. PhD thesis Indiana University
  • Xu W Wooster MJ & Grimmond CSB (2008). Modelling of urban sensible heat flux at multiple spatial scales: A demonstration using hyperspectral imagery of Shanghai and a temperature-emissivity separation approach. Remote Sensing of Environment 112 3493-3510