Manual - University of Reading
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1. EXECUTE 3 LUCY 3 2 Step 2 Choose region selection method Due to the high spatial resolution of the model the computational time for running 5 x the whole world is very high Therefore a number of options to select smaller model ireland domains are available Chosen country 1 Select Country This option let you choose Ireland Save a region based on a specific country N Select region from world map This option makes is possible to define a larger region on a global map to be modelled Remember the larger region selected the longer the model run will take Choosing too large a region may cause memory failure and the model will not run Figure 1 15 x File OGas amp s ed 08 Click at SOUTHWEST comer of region of interest 3 Specify region using lat long coordinates ioi x Latitude positive are Northern Hemisphere Longitude positive are west To run whole world The easiest way to do this is to Max Latitude specify the following coordinates 53 Min Longitude Max Longitude Min latitude 58 me Min Longitude 180 l Max Latitude 85 Min Latitude Max Longitude 180 51 5 Note this will be very slow if more than a day e g 2h day and there may be memory issues Decimal degrees should be used Save depending on your computer 16 June 2014 4 LUCY 3 3 Step 3a Choose input population data There are two different population density datasets to choos2. GPW v3 CIESIN 2011 Data population Tiled GRUMP v1 grids of population density for 2000 More grids are available see Section 4 1 Data temperature Here global monthly temperature datasets for 1970 2000 is located If alternative datasets monthly is used than these files should be located in this folder The same goes for daily temperature grids 16 June 2014 2 LUCY Data urban Tiled GRUMP v1 grids of urban extents 3 Running the model and changing the input data To run the model the user simply needs to run the LUCY_GUI_v2014a_XXbit exe or use the shortcut LUCY 2014a found from the start menu It is possible to use monthly temperature datasets Willmott et al 2009 Instruction how to use this datasets are found in Section 4 1 LUCY comes with a Graphical User Interface GUI which opens this window when the program is executed An error logfile is generated in the installation folder if any runtime related issues occurs The error file will not be created if the user is not allowed to write this folder To make sure that a logfile is used right click on the application and chose run as administrator 3 1 Step 1 Input variables 1 Start date This feature let the user run any day between 1900 and 2100 However the success of the execution is highly dependent on the datasets available for the specific time of interest 2 Number of days to run model Note that by increasing the number of days that t
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4. gridded monthly temperature dataset 4 2 Country based statistics Annual energy consumption and vehicle numbers are stored in tables The latest version of these tables can be accessed and downloaded from Google documents linked from the LUMA data archive Here you can also find more detailed information about these datasets and where they originate from If new data are prepared we would appreciate receiving a copy or to update the Google documents to allow others to use it Please make use of LUMA to do this Annual energy consumption and vehicle numbers are stored in tables giving e data country and year specific values e source external data source which provided the data e user LUCY user who provided the data The latest version of these tables can be accessed and downloaded from Google documents links provided The spreadsheet view should also be used to edit and expand the datasets if you are able to provide information not yet present in the database Each data sheet is linked to a sheet specifying the external data source and the LUCY user who provided the data Please make sure that all three sheets are filled in when submitting new information In order to keep these meta tables tidy please enter source and user in form of ID numbers Translation of source ID numbers e g S001 and user ID numbers e g U001 is accomplished in the meta data tables which you can find in the link called SOURCE USER Again p
5. 3 Default monthly temperature grids 4 Daily average temperature grids In the current version it is possible to use daily temperature input data Since the model is able to model sequential days a dataset needs to exist for each day of interest Daily temperature files should be stored in the temperature folder The name of each file will be Dailytemp_YYYY_DOY mat If the mat2ascGUI exe program is used this is automatically stored in the correct folder with the correct name based on year and day of year Currently there is only possible to include daily datasets based on the same resolution and spatial extent as the GWPv3 dataset To include additional monthly temperature data it should be in the format used by Willmott et al 2009 Monthly data for 2005 is included in the installation of LUCY You can examine the format by opening air_temp 2005 located in the temperature folder in a regular text editor Additional data for any month between 1900 and 2010 are available for download from University of Delaware Data to be used are Terrestrial Air Temperature 1900 2010 Gridded Monthly Time Series V 3 01 which can be unzipped located in the temperature folder and used directly in the LUCY http climate geog udel edu climate The direct link to the full dataset is http climate geog udel edu climate html_pages Global2011 Global2011T tar gz If the format and filename e g air_temp YYYY is kept it is also possible to include any other
6. Global to Neighborhood Scale Anthropogenic Heat Flux model LUCY Large scale Urban Consumption of energY User Manual Version 2014a Fredrik Lindberg amp CSB Grimmond Web page http londonclimate info Email met lumps reading ac uk Table of Contents 1 Changes from Previous VErsiONs ccccecessesesseceeececeesecnnaeceeecussesesaeaeceecessecsesasaeeeseceseeseeaeeeseesseeees 1 2 WE MaM esnin E EEEE E 2 3 Running the model and changing the input data ccscsssccccessssesseecececessesecneaeeeeecessessseeaeeeeeees 3 Sol Step We NPUU VAM ADCS rere cc ccsescsdic secre ctavessaie tect neeaae eee EE aeaaee RE Ee eeen genes aneeeeeeandeeass 3 3 2 Step 2 Choose region selection method c cccccccesssssssscecececessessaeseeeeecesseseaeseeeeeeessessaeees 4 3 3 Step 3a Choose input population data cccccccccccsssssssscecececssscseceseeeeecsssesecaeseeeeseessessaeees 5 3 4 Step 3b Choose pixel resolution ccccccccsssssscecececeesesenseceeececesscseeaeeeeeeseesseseeaeeeeeeseeesessaeees 5 3 5 Step 4 Choose output folder NAME ccecsessssccececessesssnececececessesesaeseceescessesesaeeeeeeseessessaaeess 5 3 6 Step 5 Optional Change input data ccccccsscccscsssceceesseceseesececseaeseceeaeeecseeeeeseesaeeeeees 5 3 7 Additional Options ccccccccccssessessseceeecssseseaesecececsssesesaesecesecssseseaaeseeeeseesseeaaeaeeeessessessaaeess 5 3 8 EXECUTE and Data
7. a University Online Available from http sedac ciesin columbia edu data collection grump v1 Accessed on 3 December 2012 Lindberg F CSB Grimmond N Yogeswaran S Kotthaus L Allen 2013 Impact of city changes and weather on anthropogenic heat flux in Europe 1995 2015 Urban Climate 4 1 15 http dx doi org 10 1016 j uclim 2013 03 002 Smith C Lindley S and Levermore G 2009 Estimating spatial and temporal patterns of urban anthropogenic heat fluxes for UK cities the case of Manchester Theoretical Applied Climatology 98 1 2 19 35 Willmott CJ Matsuura K Legates DR 2009 Terrestrial Air Temperature 1900 2008 Gridded Monthly Time Series 1900 2008 V 2 01 Online Available from http climate geog udel edu climate html_pages download html lw_temp Accessed 15 January 2011 16 June 2014 B8 LUCY
8. anuscript in preparation contact Sue Grimmond for a copy 2 Graphical User Interface GUI introduced 1 0 As published in Allen et al 2011 0 0 As described in Allen 2009 Master s thesis 2 Installation This model is written in MATLAB and is executed using the MATLAB Compiler Runtime MCR which can be distributed royalty free Hence the user can run the model without having a MATLAB license or any skills in MATLAB programming The MCR runs on 64 bit and 32 bit WINDOWS NT 2000 XP Vista 7 platforms and the current version of the MCR connected to the software is 8 2 and can be downloaded from http www mathworks se products compiler mcr To run the model MCR must be installed locally on the computer that will be used To install the software download and install LUCY Install XX bit exe By using the installation file all data and executables will be located as described below Main executable files in installation folder LUCY_GUI_v2014a_XxXbit exe Main model mat2ascGUI_XXbit exe Translation tool between MATLAB binary format and ESRI ASCII raster All files and data will be located in the same folder system The structure of data is shown below IMPORTANT Do not change the file and folder structure Data Main data folder includes text files concerning e g holidays traffic etc Data countries Tiled GRUMP v1 grids of country extent and ID Data DataGPw Global population density grids based on
9. e from GRUMPvI1 Gridded Rural Urban Mapping Project This dataset is gridded at 30 x 30 resolution with a latitudinal range of 82 N to 58 S and is available for the years 1990 1995 and 2000 CIESIN 2011 GPWv3 Gridded Population of the World This dataset is gridded at 2 5 x 2 5 with a latitudinal range of 85 N to 58 S and is available for the years 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 and 2015 CIESIN 2011 3 4 Step 3b Choose pixel resolution If the GRUMPv1 dataset is chosen in step 3a it is possible to change the spatial resolution in LUCY The different pixel resolution available is 30 60 2 5 5 10 and 0 5 If the GPW is chosen in step 3a the spatial resolution is fixed to 2 5 3 5 Step 4 Choose output folder name Here an output folder must be specified where model results can be saved Make sure that you have write access to the specified folder 3 6 Step 5 Optional Change input data This makes it possible to use daily mean air temperature grids as global datasets at 2 5 resolution with a latitudinal range of 85 N to 58 S See Section 4 for further details 3 7 Additional options Show hourly map of Anthropogenic Heat Flux during execution This will display a map of the hourly evolution of the AHF for the model domain If this option is chosen the model will take longer to execute Only consider pixels classified as urban pixels This will use a mask grid where only urban pixels
10. he model is run for the run time is significantly increased 3 Factor 0 1 multiplying total vehicles to get number of vehicles on road Traffic statistics are based on number on total number of vehicles This factor allows for what fraction of the vehicles are actually operational so a value of 0 8 assumes that the fleet of operational vehicles is 80 of the total number of vehicles 4 Average speed of vehicle in km h This determines the amount of fuel and hence the amount of heat exhausted by each vehicle in each grid cell based on Smith et al 2009 16 June 2014 Pele File Help y LUCY Large scale Urban Consumption of energY model Version 2014a STEP 1 Input variables Start date 01 01 2005 Change start date Number of sequential days to model Fraction of vehicles on road Average speed of vehicles in km h Ea os STEP 2 Region selection method Select Country Select region on world map Specify region using lat long coordinates STEP 3a Input population data STEP 3b Pixel resolution cRumP cE arc seconds STEP 4 Output folder Browse STEP 5 Optional Change input data see User manual I Show hourly images of anthropogenic heat flux during execution O Only consider pixels classified as urban areas Save anthropogenic heat flux images as ESRI ASCligrid 7 Save population density as ESRI ASCllgrid
11. lease specify all external sources Currently there are three sets of spreadsheets for each dataset available The basic data tables provide the information available in the LUCY model at download stage Basic data tables provide the information available in the LUCY model at download stage Sometimes several values from different data sources are 16 June 2014 7 LUCY available for the same country and year that is if they are provided by different external sources these supplement information is stored in data tables 2 and 3 To use an updated version of the spreadsheets export them as plain text files from the Google spreadsheets and name them Energy txt Cars txt Freights txt or Motorbikes txt depending on what information you have updated Overwrite the old file which is found in the main folder of the model You might want to save a copy of the old file 5 Output data The output data files from the model will be created in the output folder as specified in Step 4 Files that are created are 1 A statistics file consisting of time series of anthropogenic heat flux If a certain country is chosen in STEP 2 Section 3 3 statistics will only be calculated using the grids within the specific country 2 Hourly ASCII matrices txt of AHF as well as an averaged matrix for the whole model period These will be save as ESRI ASCII grids if this option is chosen 3 An ASCII raster header which could be used for importing the res
12. ountry it will be excluded from the execution 4 Changing the Data in the Model The datasets that can be changed in LUCY are described in this section 4 1 Gridded datasets Some of the input gridded datasets such as population and temperature can be changed It is also possible to export the input data grids to explore it in other software systems e g QGIS To export and import new data run mat2ascGUI exe Since the base data comes in two different spatial resolutions and extents based on the population datasets see section 3 4 it is possible to import and export both versions GPWv3 and GRUMPv1 GRUMPv1 comes in 5 x 5 tiles It needs to be exported and imported using the tiles shown on the world map below The latitudinal intervals start from 58 58 S Tiles occupied by only ocean cannot be exported Ba Sas Sa Be ce tae a a ee N OD OM FB OW N FSF BDA aaaaaaa a GPWv3 datasets are not tiled and will be exported as global datasets with the with a latitudinal range of 85 N to 58 S 16 June 2014 6 LUCY Any dataset to be imported should be in ASCII raster format and have the same spatial extent and resolution as all the other input datasets The easiest way to obtain this information is to export the current datasets using mat2ascGUI exe The ASCII raster grids that can be retrieved and exported from the database if they exist in the current version are 1 Population density 2 CountrylD grid
13. rsion Released Changes from previous version 2014a 14 June 2014 A bug concerning the use of daily temperature grids resolved 32 bit version is now available MCR version 8 2 2013b 27 May 2013 A bug concerning the GWP dataset is resolved A new installation procedure is introduced PIP WIN bP 2013a 15 March A new global population dataset GRUMP v1 CIESIN 2011 is introduced as well 2013 as opportunity to alter the spatial resolution 4 0 30 June 2012 A new weighting scheme for energy use based on Cooling Degree Days and 16 June 2014 1 LUCY Heating Degree Days 2 Migrated to 64 bit MATLAB Compiler Runtime version 7 14 which can cope with larger model domains This makes the option introduced in version 2 2 obsolete 3 1 22 August 1 Major bugs fixed 2011 2 Opportunity to only consider pixels classified as urban 3 0 1 July 2011 1 Possibility to run any time period between 1900 and 2100 However the success of the execution is highly dependent on the datasets available for the specific time of interest 2 Monthly datasets can be used instead of average monthly temperature dataset 1960 90 3 Reduction of the size of the mandatory input datasets 2 2 18 Jan 2011 1 Possibility to run large model domains 2 1 1 Possibility to change model inputs 2 0 1 Introduction of improved response to air temperature which extends latitudinal range see Lindberg et al 2011 M
14. ults into GIS software systems as well as obtaining information about spatial resolution and location The header includes the following information ncols number of columns of the matrix nrows number of rows of the matrix xllcorner geographic x coordinate of the lower corner of the matrix yllcorner geographic y coordinate of the left side of the matrix cellsize in lat long NODATA_value 9999 6 Acknowledgements People who have contributed to the Model Development Lucy Allen Fredrik Lindberg Sue Grimmond Simone Kotthaus Nithiyanandam Yogeswaran People who have contributed to early versions of this manual Susie Kinghan We thank those users who have provided feedback to allow this to be improved Financial support for this project NERC ClearfLO NERC Studentship L Allen EUF7 MegaPoli 212520 EUF7 BRIDGE 211345 King s College London and FORMAS the Swedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning The model is available for download at http geography kcl ac uk micromet 7 References Allen L F Lindberg CSB Grimmond 2011 Global to city scale model for anthropogenic heat flux International Journal of Climatology 31 1990 2005 CIESIN Columbia University and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical CIAT 2011 Gridded Population of the World Version 3 GPWv3 Population Density Grids Palisades NY Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center SEDAC Columbi
15. will be picked out for the calculation of AHF Save anthropogenic heat flux images as ESRI ASCligrid This will output anthropogenic heat flux grids as ESRI ASCII grids which could be loaded into almost any GIS software system available Save population density as ESRI ASCligrid This will output population density grids persons km as ESRI ASCII grids which could be loaded into almost any GIS software system available 3 8 EXECUTE and Data Summary Window To start the calculation using the settings made in Step 1 to Step 5 Press EXECUTE Data Summary window provides information of the available datasets that will be used for the specific time period chosen in STEP 1 1 Version 3 0 and later In earlier versions data such as energy consumption and traffic was represented as large grids valid for the year 2005 Now that data has been moved from grids to tables to reduce the size of the data folder and also to be able to model other years than 2005 16 June 2014 5 LUCY ixi Data Summary for 2000 Close Temperature data Daily temperature dataset Not loaded Monthly temperature dataset Available Population data The GRUMP v1 dataset will be used in the simulation The dataset closest in time will be used in the simulation Simulations for the year 2000 will use population density data from 2000 Energy and Traffic data The dataset closest in time will be used in the simulation If no data is available for a certain c
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