The aim of this paper is to describe the use of a general methodology tailored to the evaluation of micro-scale meteorological models applied to flow and dispersion simulations in urban areas. This methodology, developed within COST 732, has been tested through a large modelling exercise involving many groups across Europe. The major test case used is the Mock Urban Setting Test (MUST) experiment representing an idealised urban area. It is emphasised that a full model evaluation is problem-dependent and requires several activities including a statistical validation that requires a careful choice of the metrics for the comparison with measurements
COST 732 in practice: the MUST model evaluation exercise / S. DI SABATINO; R. BUCCOLIERI; H. OLESEN; M. KETZEL; R. BERKOWICZ; J. FRANKE; M. SCHATZMANN; H. SCHLÜNZEN; B. LEITL; R. BRITTER; C. BORREGO; A. COSTA; S. TRINI CASTELLI; T. REISIN; H. HELLSTEN; J. SALORANTA; N. MOUSSIOPOULOS; F. BARMPAS; K. BRZOZOWSKI; I. GORICSAN; M. BALCZÒ; J. BARTZIS; G. EFTHIMIOU; J. L. SANTIAGO; A. MARTILLI; M. PIRINGER; M. HIRTL; A. BAKLANOV; R. NUTERMAN; A. STARCHENKO. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT AND POLLUTION. - ISSN 0957-4352. - STAMPA. - 44 - 1/2/3/4:(2011), pp. 403-418. [10.1504/IJEP.2011.038442]
COST 732 in practice: the MUST model evaluation exercise
DI SABATINO, SILVANA;
2011
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to describe the use of a general methodology tailored to the evaluation of micro-scale meteorological models applied to flow and dispersion simulations in urban areas. This methodology, developed within COST 732, has been tested through a large modelling exercise involving many groups across Europe. The major test case used is the Mock Urban Setting Test (MUST) experiment representing an idealised urban area. It is emphasised that a full model evaluation is problem-dependent and requires several activities including a statistical validation that requires a careful choice of the metrics for the comparison with measurementsI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
