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3.2.7. SUEWS_Profiles.txt#
SUEWS_Profiles.txt specifies the daily cycle of variables related to human behaviour (energy use, water use and snow clearing).
Different profiles can be specified for weekdays and weekends.
The profiles are provided at hourly resolution here;
the model will then linearly interpolate the profiles to the resolution of the model time step; some profiles may be normalized either by sum or by mean depending on the activity type while others not(see Normalisation method column of table below).
Thus it does not matter whether columns 2-25 add up to, say 1, 24, or another number, because the model will eventually use the normalised values to rescale the results.
Note
Currently, the snow clearing profiles are not interpolated as these are effectively a switch (0 for off and 1 for on).
If the anthropogenic heat flux and water use are specified in the met forcing file, the energy and water use profiles are ignored.
Activity |
Description |
Normalisation method |
Weekday option |
Weekend option |
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Energy use |
This profile, in junction with population density ( |
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Population density |
This profile, in junction with human activity ( |
None |
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Human activity |
This profile, in junction with population density ( |
None |
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Traffic |
This profile determines the anthropogenic heat due to traffic. |
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Water use (manual) |
This profile determines the irrigation under manual operation. |
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Water use (automatic) |
This profile determines the irrigation under automatic operation. |
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Snow removal |
This profile determines if snow removal is conducted at the end of each hour. |
None |
Anthropogenic heat flux (weekday and weekend)
Water use (weekday and weekend; manual and automatic irrigation)
Snow removal (weekday and weekend)
Human activity (weekday and weekend).
No. |
Column Name |
Use |
Description |
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1 |
Code linking to a corresponding look-up table. |
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2 |
2-25 |
Multiplier for each hour of the day [-] for energy and water use. For SnowClearing, set those hours to 1 when snow removal from paved and roof surface is allowed (0 otherwise) if the snow removal limits set in the SUEWS_NonVeg.txt (SnowLimR emove column) are exceeded. |
An example SUEWS_Profiles.txt can be found below:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Code 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
10 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 ! Vs 1987 Water Use Profile values
11 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 ! Manual LA Water Use Profile values
12 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 ! Automatic LA Water Use Profile values
40 0.3 0.23 0.15 0.13 0.15 0.45 1.2 1.7 1.55 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.35 1.37 1.45 1.6 1.75 1.7 1.2 1.1 0.95 0.65 0.38 0.33 ! AHDIUPRF Anthropogenic Heat Flux Profile values
41 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ! AHDIUPRF Anthropogenic Heat Flux Profile values
42 0.57 0.45 0.43 0.4 0.4 0.45 0.71 1.2 1.44 1.29 1.28 1.31 1.3 1.32 1.35 1.44 1.51 1.41 1.14 0.99 0.86 0.85 0.8 0.7 ! AHDIUPRF1 Anthropogenic Heat Flux Profile values Vs87
43 0.65 0.49 0.46 0.47 0.47 0.53 0.7 1.13 1.37 1.37 1.3 1.37 1.33 1.3 1.27 1.36 1.44 1.3 1.1 0.98 0.84 0.9 0.87 0.74 ! AHDIUPRF2 Anthropogenic Heat Flux Profile values Vs87
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ! Helsinki Snow removal
99999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 ! Swindon "Snow clearing, water use (not used)"
90000 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ! Arbitrary (constant all day)
550 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 ! Swindon "Snow clearing, water use (not used)"
551 0.57 0.45 0.43 0.4 0.4 0.45 0.71 1.2 1.44 1.29 1.28 1.31 1.3 1.32 1.35 1.44 1.51 1.41 1.14 0.99 0.86 0.85 0.8 0.7 ! Swindon Weekday QF
552 0.65 0.49 0.46 0.47 0.47 0.53 0.7 1.13 1.37 1.37 1.3 1.37 1.33 1.3 1.27 1.36 1.44 1.3 1.1 0.98 0.84 0.9 0.87 0.74 ! Swindon Weekend QF
5512 0.421569876 0.332818323 0.318026398 0.295838509 0.295838509 0.332818323 0.525113354 0.45004736 0.374981366 0.335920807 0.33331677 0.341128882 0.338524845 0.343732919 0.351545031 0.374981366 0.393209627 0.618174689 0.843139752 0.732200311 0.636052795 0.628656832 0.591677019 0.517717391 ! Swindon Weekday QF scaled for variable pop
660 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 -999 ! London "Snow clearing, water use (not used)"
661 0.57 0.45 0.43 0.4 0.4 0.45 0.71 1.2 1.44 1.29 1.28 1.31 1.3 1.32 1.35 1.44 1.51 1.41 1.14 0.99 0.86 0.85 0.8 0.7 ! London Weekday QF
662 0.65 0.49 0.46 0.47 0.47 0.53 0.7 1.13 1.37 1.37 1.3 1.37 1.33 1.3 1.27 1.36 1.44 1.3 1.1 0.98 0.84 0.9 0.87 0.74 ! London Weekend QF
55663 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1.5 1 ! UK Human activity 1
55664 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1.5 1 ! UK Human activity 1
701 0.19 0.14 0.12 0.13 0.20 0.59 1.21 1.67 1.57 1.32 1.27 1.31 1.37 1.44 1.74 2.01 1.90 1.53 1.20 1.00 0.83 0.59 0.40 0.30 ! Helsinki Traffic Weekday
702 0.55 0.54 0.51 0.46 0.36 0.31 0.38 0.49 0.73 1.04 1.30 1.51 1.69 1.79 1.79 1.76 1.71 1.61 1.43 1.23 1.00 0.75 0.58 0.50 ! Helsinki Traffic Weekend
801 1 1 1 1 1 1.5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1.5 1 1 ! Helsinki Population Weekday
802 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1.5 1 ! Helsinki Population Weekend
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