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

Table 2

Input parameters for the TEB scheme in Beijing.

Parameters	Unit	Beijing
Geometric parameters
Building fraction	—	0.5
Building height	m	60
Wall/plane area ratio	—	4.4
Canyon aspect ratio	—	3.0
Roughness length	m	3.0
Radiative parameters
Roof, wall, and road albedo	—	0.15; 0.25; 0.1
Roof, wall, and road emissivity	—	0.9; 0.85; 0.94
Thermal parameters
Roof, wall, and road thickness		0.05; 0.02; 0.05
Roof, wall, and road thermal conductivity		0.41; 0.81; 1.0103
Roof, wall, and road Thermal capacity		2110000; 1000000; 1240000
Temperature initialization
Inside building temperature	°C	26.0
Anthropogenic heat sources
Vehicular sensible heat source	W/m^2	200.0
Industrial sensible heat source	W/m^2	200.0