Impact of a Detailed Urban Parameterization on Modeling the Urban Heat Island in Beijing Using TEB-RAMS

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">RAMS6.1</td><td align="center">Domain</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Overlay areas</td><td align="center">26.3~51°N, 96~136.6°E</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Horizontal grids</td><td align="center">80 × 80, 82 × 82, 80 × 80 and 83 × 83</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Grid interval (km)</td><td align="center">36, 9, 3 and 1 km</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Vertical layers</td><td align="center">25, 25, 25 and 25</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Time integration (d)</td><td align="center">From 00 UTC 01 to 00 UTC 15 July 2003</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Time step (s)</td><td align="center">30</td></tr><tr><td align="left">LW radiation</td><td align="center">Harrington</td></tr><tr><td align="left">SW radiation</td><td align="center">Harrington</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Surface parameterization</td><td align="center">LEAF3 and TEB</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Forcing data (initial/boundary conditions)</td><td align="center">ERA40 reanalysis data (6-h intervals, 1°  × 1° resolution)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

The main simulation parameters in the model.

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Table 1: Impact of a Detailed Urban Parameterization on Modeling the Urban Heat Island in Beijing Using TEB-RAMS 