WRF-SUEWS Pre-processor

Here are typical preprocessing steps needed for wrfinput files to be ready for WRF-SUEWS runs:

Example: UK runs preprocessors from here.

steps = {
    'clean_dirs': 1,
    'extract_params_cities': 1,
    'extract_params_vegs': 1,
    'extract_params_extra_lands': 1,
    'modify_trans': 1,
    'change_to_SUEWS': 1,
    'modify_London': 1,
    'parameters': 1,
    'timezone': 0,
}

clean_dirs: cleaning directories in output folder before running the main pre-processor code .

extract_params_cities: spinning up SUEWS for cities based on cities characteristics in the [runs folder](https://github.com/Urban-Meteorology-Reading/WRF-SUEWS/tree/master/input-processor/pre-processor-UK/runs) - For all domains

extract_params_vegs

spinning up SUEWS for pure vegetation grids (main land cover)
For all domains

extract_params_extra_lands

spinning up SUEWS for other categories of land cover (combination of different land covers)
For all domains

modify_trans

modifying transmissivity
For all domains

change_to_SUEWS

modifying the variables in wrfinput files and adding SUEWS variables
For all domains

modify_London

modifying wrfinput variables related to greater London area (land fraction, building, vegetation height, QF coefficients etc.)
For most inner domain

parameters

modifying parameters related to non-urban areas such as albedo, LAI, conductances based on Omidvar et al. (2020)
For all domains.

timezone

modifying grids timezone (might not work correctly because of the python package problem)
For all domains

Note

It is recommended to specify the time-zone in the SUEWS runs folder, so the timezone variable is assigned correctly in wrf-input files

Each of the above steps is related to a utility function located here.

The input files (wrf-inputs) as well as non-urban parameters, and templates for namelist.suews and SUEWS_param.json are located in the input folder.

Data related to land cover and building and vegetation height is located in the Data folder.

Different versions of wrfinput files are saved in the output folder during the run. The final output to be used for WRF-SUEWS runs will be written in the final folder.