Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2147-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2147-2025
Data description paper
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21 May 2025
Data description paper |  | 21 May 2025

U-Surf: a global 1 km spatially continuous urban surface property dataset for kilometer-scale urban-resolving Earth system modeling

Yifan Cheng, Lei Zhao, TC Chakraborty, Keith Oleson, Matthias Demuzere, Xiaoping Liu, Yangzi Che, Weilin Liao, Yuyu Zhou, and Xinchang “Cathy” Li

Data sets

U-Surf: a global 1 km spatially continuous urban surface property dataset for kilometer-scale urban-resolving Earth system modeling Yifan Cheng et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11247598

Model code and software

CTSM - Community Terrestrial Systems Model NCAR https://github.com/ESCOMP/CTSM

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Short summary
The absence of globally consistent and spatially continuous urban surface input has long hindered large-scale high-resolution urban climate modeling. Using remote sensing, cloud computing, and machine learning, we developed U-Surf, a 1 km dataset providing key urban surface properties worldwide. U-Surf enhances urban representation across scales and supports kilometer-scale urban-resolving Earth system modeling unprecedentedly, with broader applications in urban studies and beyond.
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