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4.6. Version 2018a (released on 2 August 2018)#
New
Many under-the-hood improvements:
Added explicit interface intent for confusion-less coupling between SUEWS modules
Restructured layout of physics schemes for better modularity
Improved the alignment in output txt files
New
readthedocs.org
-based documentation systemAdded SUEWS input converter for conversion of input files between versions
Added Benchmark Report for recent releases.
Improvement
Improved the near surface diagnostics scheme (T2, Q2, U10)
Improved skin temperature calculation (Ts)
Changes
StabilityMethod
: recommended option is change from 2 to 3 as options other than 3 have been noticed with numerical issues under several scenarios, which will be fixed in the next release.Model run - changes in selections moved from SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt to
SUEWS_AnthropogenicHeat.txt
:EnergyUseProfWD
,EnergyUseProfWE
,ActivityProfWD
,ActivityProfWE
.BiogenCO2Code
is added to SUEWS_Veg.txt for looking up biogenic characteristics in the new SUEWS_BiogenCO2.txt file.TraifficRate
andBuildEnergyUse
in SUEWS_SiteSelect.txt are expanded to allow weekday and weekend values:TrafficRate_WD
,TrafficRate_WE
,QF0_BEU_WD
,QF0_BEU_WE
.AnthropCO2Method
is removed from RunControl.nml.AnthropHeatMethod
is renamed toEmissionsMethod
.AHMin
,AHSlope
andTCritic
are expanded to allow weekday and weekend values by adding_WD
and_WE
as suffix, of whichAHSlope
andTCritic
are also expanded to allow cooling and heating settings.
Known issues
BLUEWS is disabled
Observed soil moisture can not be used as an input
Wind direction is not currently downscaled so non -999 values will cause an error.