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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2535-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2535-2025
Data description paper
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12 Jun 2025
Data description paper |  | 12 Jun 2025

GloUCP: a global 1 km spatially continuous urban canopy parameters for the WRF model

Weilin Liao, Yanman Li, Xiaoping Liu, Yuhao Wang, Yangzi Che, Ledi Shao, Guangzhao Chen, Hua Yuan, Ning Zhang, and Fei Chen

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The currently available urban canopy parameter (UCP) datasets are limited to just a few cities for urban climate simulations by the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. To address this gap, we develop a global 1 km spatially continuous UCP dataset (GloUCP) which provides superior spatial coverage and higher accuracy in capturing urban morphology across diverse regions. It has great potential to support further advancements in urban climate modeling and related applications.
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