Urban climate modeling with EtiC model

Urban climate modeling with EtiC model | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Urban climate modeling with EtiC model Patrice Chatellier This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7573663/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract A better understanding of urban climate is needed to adapt cities so they become more resilient to heat waves. This understanding will allow to manage cities in such a way that they do not accentuate the phenomenon of urban heat island. The paper presents a new model called EtiC based on 2-D micro-meteorological models for the rural and urban boundary layer modeling. The EtiC model simulates the thermal behavior of buildings by taking into account the thermal inertia of walls, floors, and roofs, as well as ventilation, heating, and air conditioning. It also considers visible and infrared radiation. The EtiC model was tested on three experimental cases in Basel, Toulouse, and two areas of Paris, for which RMSE values of 1.06, 0.77, 0.8, and 0.84 were obtained, respectively. EtiC is available for download under the GPL~3.0 license on GitLab at https://gitlab.univ-eiffel.fr/patrice.chatellier/eptic . Urban climate Urban Heat Island UHI Model Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. 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