Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-6511
Authors: Simon, Helge
Sinsel, Tim
Bruse, Michael
Title: Advances in simulating radiative transfer in complex environments
Online publication date: 15-Nov-2021
Year of first publication: 2021
Language: english
Abstract: Accurate simulation of radiative transfer is a very important aspect in climate modeling. For microclimate models in particular, it is not only important to simulate primary but also secondary radiative fluxes in great detail, i.e., emitted longwave and reflected shortwave radiation. As there are always limitations regarding computational effort and memory, these radiative fluxes are commonly implemented using simplified approaches. To overcome these simplifications and, thus, increase modeling accuracy, a new radiation scheme called indexed view sphere was introduced into the microclimate model ENVI-met. This new scheme actually accounts for radiative contributions of objects that are seen by each grid cell. In order to evaluate the advantages of the new scheme, it is compared against the formerly used averaged view factor scheme. The comparison in a complex realistic urban environment demonstrated that the indexed view sphere scheme improved the accuracy and plausibility of modeling radiative fluxes. It, however, yields an increased demand of memory to store the view facets for each cell. The higher accuracy in simulating secondary radiative fluxes should, however, overturn this shortcoming for most studies, as more detailed knowledge of local microclimatic conditions in general and eventually thermal comfort can be gained.
DDC: 550 Geowissenschaften
550 Earth sciences
Institution: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Department: FB 09 Chemie, Pharmazie u. Geowissensch.
Place: Mainz
ROR: https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI: http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-6511
Version: Published version
Publication type: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
License: CC BY
Information on rights of use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Journal: Applied Sciences
11
12
Pages or article number: 5449
Publisher: MDPI
Publisher place: Basel
Issue date: 2021
ISSN: 2076-3417
Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/app11125449
Publisher DOI: 10.3390/app11125449
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