Tutorial

1) Output variables

The complete list of the output variables follows:

Direct (W/m²): direct solar radiation (incident on the surface)
Dif_Atmos (W/m²): diffuse atmospheric solar radiation (incident on the surface)
Recu_sol_solaire (W/m²): solar radiation received from the urban elements after lambertian reflection (incident on the surface)
Recu_specul_solaire (W/m²): solar radiation received from the urban elements after specular reflection (incident on the surface)
Reflechi_specul_solaire (W/m²): specular reflection of solar radiation (lost from the surface)
Reflechi_lamb_solaire (W/m²): lambertian reflection of solar radiation (lost from the surface)
Transmis_solaire (W/m²): transmitted solar radiation (for transparent objects) (lost from the surface)
Bilan_solaire (W/m²): solar radiation balance
Atmos_IR (W/m²): incident atmospheric infrared (IR) radiation (incident on the surface)
Recu_sol_IR (W/m²): infrared radiation (IR) received from other surface elements after reflection or emission (incident on the surface)
Transmis_IR (W/m²): transmitted infrared radiation (IR) (lost from the surface)
Emis_IR (W/m²): emitted infrared radiation (IR) (lost from the surface)
Reflechi_IR (W/m²): reflected infrared radiation (IR) (lost from the surface)
Bilan_IR (W/m²): infrared radiation (IR) radiation balance
RN (W/m²): net radiation, radiation balance
Sensible (W/m²): sensible heat flux, positive upward
Latent (W/m²): total latent heat flux (evaporation + transpiration), positive upward
ETR (W/m²): transpiration heat flux from vegetation only, positive upward
Ground (W/m²): ground heat flux, positive downward
Stock (W/m²): stock variation of the surface half-layer: positive = warming; negative =cooling
Anthro_S (W/m²): sensible anthropogenic heat flux (buildings or roads)
Anthro_L (W/m²): latent anthropogenic heat flux (buildings or roads)
Emissivite (-): emissivity
Ref_dir_Lamb (-): reflection coefficient for direct solar radiation
Ref_dif_Lamb (-): reflection coefficient for diffuse solar radiation
WR (kg/m²): water reservoir at the surface
Resa (s/m): aerodynamic resistance
Aerocond (m/s): aerodynamic conductivity
LAI (-): Leaf Area Index for vegetation
GreenVegFraction (-): active vegetation fraction
Alb_veg (-): reflection coefficient for solar radiation of the vegetation
Alb_Soil (-): reflection coefficient for solar radiation of natural soil
Z0 (m): rugosity
Qs (kg/kg): specific humidity at the surface
SkyView (-): skyview factor
Ts (C): Surface temperature
WGs (m3/m3): volumetric water content of the first soil layer
WGIs (m3/m3): volumetric ice content of the first soil layer
TMRT (C): Mean Radiant Temperature at the surface of the ground
UTCI (C): Thermal UTCI confomfort index at the surface of the ground
V_can (m/s): wind speed at mid-level of the urban canopy
Ustar_can (m/s): Ustar at mid level of the urban canopy
T_can (C): air temperature at mid level of the urban canopy
Q_can_kg (kg/kg): specific air humidity at mid level of the urban canopy
HR_can (-): relative humidity at mid level of the urban canopy
Va (m/s): atmospheric wind speed prescribed over the above level (forcing file)
Ta (C): atmospheric temperature prescribed over the above level (forcing file)
Qa (kg/kg): atmospheric specific humidity prescribed above the roof level (forcing file)
HRa (-): atmospheric relative humidity prescribed above the roof level (forcing file)
Ps (Pa): atmospheric pressure at sea level (forcing file)
Rho (kg/m3): air density
Pliquide (kg/m²/s): liquid precipitation (forcing file)
Psolide (kg/m²/s): solid precipitation: snow (forcing file)
Forçage direct solaire horizontal (W/m²): direct horizontal solar radiation above the roof level (forcing file)
Forçage diffus solaire horizontal (W/m²): diffuse solar radiation above the roof level (forcing file)
Forçage IR atmosphérique (W/m²): IR atmospheric radiation above the roof level (forcing file)

2) Urban descriptors