Running WRF4.6 with distributed urban parameters

Since WRF 4.6, the considerations of distributed urban parameters have become possible. The urban parameters of concern are the roughness parameters for momentum and heat, the sky-view factors, and the anthropogenic heat emissions. The former relies on the bulk parametrization of transfer coefficients for urban canopies. They are intended for the single-layer urban canopy model. The instructions for running them and the static data (distributed) can be found here and here, respectively. They were prepared by Dr. Do Ngoc Khanh as part of his doctoral dissertation. It is possible to override the static data with more realistic information.

The parametrization of the roughness length of momentum and heat, were based on the following works:

Kanda, Manabu, et al. “A New Aerodynamic Parametrization for Real Urban Surfaces.” Boundary-Layer Meteorology, vol. 148, no. 2, 2013, pp. 357–77, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-013-9818-x.
Kawai, Toru, et al. “Evaluation of the Simple Urban Energy Balance Model Using Selected Data from 1-Yr Flux Observations at Two Cities.” Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, vol. 48, no. 4, Apr. 2009, pp. 693–715, https://doi.org/10.1175/2008JAMC1891.1.

A few of the works that started in 2014 leading to the above are listed below:

Khanh, Do Ngoc, et al. “Impact of Urbanization on Exposure to Extreme Warming in Megacities.” Heliyon, vol. 9, no. 4, 2023, p. e15511, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15511.
Darmanto, Nisrina Setyo, et al. “Future Urban Climate Projection in a Tropical Megacity Based on Global Climate Change and Local Urbanization Scenarios.” Urban Climate, vol. 29, Sept. 2019, p. 100482, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2019.100482.
Varquez, Alvin C. G., et al. “Numerical Investigation of Anthropogenic Heat Emission Impacts on Large Asian Cities.” 土木学会論文集b1（水工学）, vol. 74, no. 5, 2018, p. I_1177-I_1182, https://doi.org/10.2208/jscejhe.74.5_I_1177.
Varquez, Alvin Christopher G., et al. “The Effects of Highly Detailed Urban Roughness Parameters on a Sea-Breeze Numerical Simulation.” Boundary-Layer Meteorology, vol. 154, no. 3, Mar. 2015, pp. 449–69, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-014-9985-4.
Varquez, Alvin Christopher Galang, et al. “Wrf Application of High Resolution Urban Surface Parameters on Some Major Cities of Japan.” 土木学会論文集b1（水工学）, vol. 70, no. 4, 2014, p. I_175-I_180, https://doi.org/10.2208/jscejhe.70.I_175.