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2. Acknowledgements

2.1. Contributors

Name	Affiliation	Contributions	Versions	Remarks
Prof Sue Grimmond	University of Reading, UK; prior: Indiana University, USA, King’s College London, UK, University of British Columbia, Canada	OHM, Evaporation-Interception, Resistances, NARP, irrigation, anthropogenic heat, etc	v2011b – onwards	Team Leader
Dr Ting Sun	University College London, UK	AnOHM; Documentation system; WRF-SUEWS coupling; SuPy (python wrapper of SUEWS)	v2017b – onwards	Current Lead Developer
Dr Leena Järvi	University of Helsinki, Finland	Snow-related physics; Anthropogenic emission calculation, CO2	v2011b – v2019a	Lead Developer of v2011b – v2014b
Dr Helen Ward	University of Reading, UK	OHM improvement; Resistance calculation; Anthropogenic heat calculation	v2016a - v2017b	Lead Developer of v2016a - v2017
Dr Fredrik Lindberg	Göteborg University, Sweden	UMEP-related work, NARP, ESTM	v2011b – onwards	Lead Developer of UMEP
Matthew Paskin	University of Reading, UK	Documentation improvements, model physics enhancements, build system updates, YAML configuration system	v2023a – onwards	Co-Lead Developer since v2024a
Dr Silvia Rognone	University of Reading, UK	YAML configuration system, testing framework improvements	v2024a – onwards
Dr Vitor Lavor	University of Reading, UK	RSL improvements	v2024a – onwards
Dr Keisuke Nakao	Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan	Wind speed profile parameterisation, RSL	v2024a – onwards
Dr Yuanyuan Liu	University of Reading, UK	OHM improvements	v2024a – onwards
Dr Lewis Blunn	University of Reading, UK	SUEWS-SPARTACUS coupling; RSL improvement	v2021a	Major contributor to SUEWS-SPARTACUS coupling
Dr Hamidreza Omidvar	University of Reading, UK	WRF-SUEWS coupling; Documentation system	v2018c – v2019a	Major contributor to WRF(v4.0)-SUEWS(v2018c) coupling
Dr Minttu P. Havu	University of Helsinki, Finland	CO2	v2018c – v2019a
Dr Zhenkun Li	Shanghai Climate Centre, China	WRF-SUEWS coupling	v2018b – v2018c	Major contributor to WRF(v3.9)-SUEWS(v2018b) coupling
Yihao Tang	University of Reading, UK	Stability, air temperature	v2018b - v2018c
Dr Shiho Onomura	Göteborg University, Sweden	BLUEWS, ESTM	v2016a
Dr Thomas Loridan	King’s College London, UK	NARP	v2011a
Dr Brian Offerle	Indiana University, USA	ESTM, NARP	v2011a

2.2. Dependency Libraries

Note

We gratefully acknowledge the libraries/code that SUEWS uses as dependencies and greatly appreciate their developers for the excellent work.

The libraries listed below are for the Fortran core of SUEWS. Python dependencies for SuPy and the broader SUEWS ecosystem can be found in pyproject.toml.

Please let us know if any inappropriate use of these code and we will remove/modify the related parts accordingly.

Library	Remarks
datetime-fortran	date and time related processsing
minpack	AnOHM-related sinusoidal curve fitting
Recursive Fortran 95 quicksort routine	netCDF output for QGIS-compliant grid layout
Fortran Strings Module by Dr George Benthien	string processing
f90wrap by Dr James Kermode	Fortran to Python interface generator with derived type support; used to generate SuPy bindings (LGPL-3.0)
SPARTACUS-Surface	3D radiative transfer for urban canopy; used for radiation calculations in complex urban geometry

2.3. Funding

Note

The following grants are acknowledged for their contribution to model development (D) and/or supportive observations (O).

Funder	Project	D , O
ERC Synergy	urbisphere 855005	D,O
NERC	APEx	D
NERC	COSMA NE/S005889/	D
UKRI	GCRF Urban Disaster Risk Hub	D
Newton/Met Office	CSSP-China (AJYG-DX4P1V HRC,AJYF-2GLAMK EUN, others)	D, O
NERC	ClearfLo Clean Air for London NE/H003231/1	O
NERC/Belmont	TRUC NE/L008971/1, G8MUREFU3FP-2201-075	D, O
EPSRC	LoHCool Low carbon climate-responsive Heating and Cooling of Cities EP/N009797/1	D
NERC	Independent Research Fellowship	D
NSF	BCS-0095284, ATM-0710631, BCS-0221105	D, O
EPSRC	Data Assimilation for the REsilient City (DARE) EP/P002331/1	O
Royal Society/Newton	Mobility funding	O
H2020	UrbanFluxes (637519)	D, O
EUf7	BRIDGE (211345)	D, O
EUf7	emBRACE (283201)	D, O
University of Reading	Sue Grimmond	O, D
KCL	Sue Grimmond	O
EPSRC	EP/I00159X/1 EP/I00159X/2 Materials Innovation Hub: Connecting Materials Culture to Materials Science	O
NERC	Field Spectroscopy Facility (FSF) 616.1110 Investigating the Urban Energy Balance of London	O
EUf7	MEGAPOLI 212520	D
NERC	Airborne Remote Sensing Facility & Field Spectroscopy Facility (GB08/19)	O
CFCAS	Environmental Prediction for Canadian Cities	D, O
UCL	Open Source Software Sustainability Grant	D