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Matthew Blackett
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Environmental Monitoring and Modelling Group 
Department of Geography 
King's College London 
London WC2R 2LS, UK

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Urban Surface Energy Balance Land Surface Scheme Comparison Project

There has been a rapid increase in the number of land-atmosphere exchange models which explicitly parameterize urban surfaces. The models have been developed for many purposes, including weather forecasting, climate predictions, air quality forecasting and assessment of the impact of mitigation strategies.

Given that a number of models have now been developed, the objective of this project is to investigate questions such as: do the models produce realistic simulations of heat exchanges in urban areas; how complex must parameterizations of heat exchange be to produce accurate findings; and to quantify costs (computational) versus the benefits (improved models).

See the project website for updates on the project:

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ip/suegrimmond/model_comparison.htm