Update on THESIS Tools: Urban Proper5es Tool

UpdateonTHESISTools:UrbanProper5esTool

BrianKauffmanMarch6,2015

CodeStatus•  nclcode,differentoutputdatacreatedbyusing

samecodewithdifferentinputdata•  Outputdataiscompa5blewithexis5ngnclcode

thattakesspreadsheetcsvoutputandcreates1kmnetCDFfileforusewithCLM

•  code+setofstandardinputdataisinEaSMrepository–requiresonlyncltorun

•  ini5aldocumenta5oninrepo–aspertooldocumenta5onstrategy

TypesofInputFiles(canaltertodoparameterstudies)

•  Specifyproper5esofindividualmaterials•  Createlayeringsofmaterials:walls,windows,

roofs•  Createaddi5onalwall&rooftypesby

combiningdifferentlayersofmaterials(eg.insertwindowsintowalls)

•  Createcitytypes(buildingheight,H:Wra5o,wall&rooftypes,…)

•  Assigncitytypestoregions

BasicMaterialProper5es

Westartwithasetofbasicbuildingmaterialsandtheirphysicalproper5es…

Wall,Roof,andRoadProper5esWecreateasetofwall,roofandroadtypesandderivetheirphysicalproper5esbyspecifyingwhatbasicmaterialsareusedandhowtheyarelayeredandcombined

Eg.Awalltypebuiltwithbrick,metalbridge,insula5on,drywall,anddoublepanedwindowswithwoodwindowframes

UrbanTypesWecreateasetofidealizedurbantypesbyspecifyingthefrac5onofareaoccupiedbybuildingsandroads,thebuildingheight,thewall,roof,androadtypesused,etc.

UrbanCharacteris5csDataset

Weassignurbantypestomodelregions.CLMhas33regions,eachwithfoursub-categories:high,medium,andlowdensityurban,plusatallbuildingdistrict

UrbanProper5esRefactoring

Mat_prop

Lam_specLam_prop

Surf_prop Surf_spec

City_spec City_prop

Urban_prop Urban_spec