Evaluating the Effects of Façade Greening on Human Bioclimate in a Complex Urban Environment

Table 6

Overview of the performance in simulating downward (a) and upward (b) short-wave and long-wave radiation on 7, 23, 2013. For further explanations refer to Table 5.

(a)

Short-wave downward radiation (W/m²)
EXP	RMSD	MD	MAD
E0a	130.46	46.31	50.33	0.91
E0	124.44	36.96	47.12	0.91
E1	128.17	40.46	49.70	0.91
R0	82.33	−6.15	54.06	0.96
R1	70.50	3.19	25.59	0.96
S0	54.65		29.36	0.98
S1	65.86		34.64	0.97
Mean	93.77		41.54	0.94
Long-wave downward radiation (W/m²)
EXP	RMSD	MD	MAD
E0a	209.60	−208.03	208.03	0.01
E0	116.32	−115.83	115.83	0.82
E1	115.27	−114.85	114.85	0.86
R0	—	—	—	—
R1	—	—	—	—
S0	34.89	−34.31	34.31	0.95
S1	31.66	31.16	31.16	0.95
Mean	101.44	−100.71	100.71	0.71

(b)

Short-wave upward radiation (W/m²)
EXP	RMSD	MD	MAD
E0a	61.86	38.34	39.84	0.60
E0	84.76	58.55	60.04	0.60
E1	87.12	60.50	62.00	0.60
R0	—	—	—	—
R1	—	—	—	—
S0	56.55	32.74	35.11	0.95
S1	51.36	27.94	30.57	0.95
Mean	68.33	43.61	45.51	0.74
Long-wave upward radiation (W/m²)
EXP	RMSD	MD	MAD
E0a	35.19	−26.89	30.96	0.91
E0	33.28	−23.81	27.62	0.92
E1	31.70	−24.88	27.19	0.93
R0	46.23	−35.65	42.69	0.83
R1	46.62	−33.10	43.46	0.86
S0	43.28	−42.09	42.09	0.97
S1	43.30	−42.12	42.12	0.97
Mean	39.94	−32.65	36.59	0.91