Regional climate model assessment of the urban land-surface forcing over central Europe

Huszar, P.; Halenka, T.; Belda, M.; Zak, M.; Sindelarova, K.; Miksovsky, J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12393-2014

Articles | Volume 14, issue 22

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12393-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12393-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 22

Research article

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26 Nov 2014

Research article |

| 26 Nov 2014

Regional climate model assessment of the urban land-surface forcing over central Europe

P. Huszar, T. Halenka, M. Belda, M. Zak, K. Sindelarova, and J. Miksovsky

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Final revised paper (published on 26 Nov 2014)
Preprint (discussion started on 14 Jul 2014)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC C4913: 'Statistical analysis of differences in temperature, precipitation and wind', Kristina Trusilova, 15 Jul 2014
- AC C6359: 'Response to K.Trusilova's SC', Peter Huszar, 01 Sep 2014
RC C5576: 'Comments on "Regional climate model assessment of the urban land-surface forcing over central Europe" by P. Huszar et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Aug 2014
- AC C6363: 'Authors response to Referee #2's comments', Peter Huszar, 01 Sep 2014
RC C5709: 'Physical explanation for the impact of cities on the regional climate in Europe needed', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Aug 2014
- AC C6370: 'Authors response to Referee #1's comments', Peter Huszar, 01 Sep 2014

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Peter Huszar on behalf of the Authors (15 Sep 2014) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (06 Oct 2014) by Andreas Hofzumahaus

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (13 Oct 2014)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (21 Oct 2014)

ED: Publish as is (21 Oct 2014) by Andreas Hofzumahaus

AR by Peter Huszar on behalf of the Authors (22 Oct 2014)

Short summary

The impact of cities and urban surfaces on climate of central Europe is examined using a regional climate model coupled to a single-layer urban canopy model. Results show a significant impact on temperature (up to 1.5K increase in summer), the boundary layer height, surface wind with a winter decrease and precipitation (a summer decrease). Applying the urban canopy model, the regional climate model exhibits a decreased model bias when compared to observations.