Impact of Precipitation Timing on Urban Land Surface Models (Invited Presentation)

Bob Bornstein is widely recognised for his influential work on meso-scale modelling in cities, with particular applications related to precipitation processes and barrier effects in urban environments. Much of this work has focused on cities with large roughness elements, notably New York City and more recently Beijing. This presentation draws inspiration from this work, focusing on four areas: urban-atmosphere modelling, precipitation processes in urban areas, training of the next generation of urban climatologists and meteorologists internationally, and understanding urban climate processes in Chinese cities. This talk will focus on the effects of precipitation on the urban surface energy and water balance drawing on observations and simulations from SUEWS, an urban land surface model. The implications for urban climate services in megacities of China will be considered.