Urban Climate Model

SUEWS

Surface Urban Energy & Water Balance Scheme

A physically-based model for simulating energy, water, and carbon dioxide fluxes in cities. Developed through international collaboration for urban climate research, planning applications, and environmental assessment.

Latest Release PyPI version Documentation License DOI
15+
Years Active
200+
Citations
20+
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Resources

Use SUEWS

Install

SuPy on the Python Package Index: pip install supy

Documentation

User guide, scientific background, tutorials, and API reference

Community

Invite-only discussion forum — click to request access
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Source Code

GitHub repository, issue tracking, and development

Schema Registry

YAML configuration schemas for model input validation

UMEP

Multi-purpose urban-climate QGIS plugin — provides a GUI for SUEWS

Research applications

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Energy balance

Surface energy balance partitioning and flux schemes — Q*, QE, QH.

9 papers

Water balance

Urban hydrology — evapotranspiration, snow, irrigation, runoff.

10 papers

Radiation

Net all-wave radiation, SOLWEIG, mean radiant temperature.

7 papers

Anthropogenic heat

QF modelling — building, traffic, and metabolism emissions.

6 papers

Building energy

Urban meteorology for building energy simulations — uTMY, vertical profiles.

7 papers

Carbon flux

Urban CO2 exchange — biogenic and anthropogenic sources, tree sequestration.

3 papers